News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. July 25, 2011: Top Caribbean singers, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, have reacted with shock at the sudden passing of British singer, Amy Winehouse.
“I am genuinely heartbroken about this,” wrote Rihanna who continued to express her shock over multiple tweets. “Dear God have mercy!!! I am SICK about this right now!” In another, she wrote “U made a MAJAH impression on this industry and throughout the world, in such a short space of time…too short!”
Minaj for her part was stunned and clearly still in disbelief.
“Please tell me Amy Winehouse didn’t die,” Minaj tweeted on July 23rd. “Is this some sick joke?”
An autopsy of Winehouse is expected today. The 27-year-old “Valerie” singer’s body was discovered Saturday by a security guard who had been appointed to look after her.
“She was in her bedroom after saying she wanted to sleep, and when he went to wake her he found she wasn’t breathing,” Goodman told TMZ. “He called the emergency services straight away. He was very shocked. At this stage no one knows how she died. She died alone in bed.”
Winehouse is survived by her parents, Mitch and Janis, and her older brother, Alex.
Police are currently investigating the cause of the singer’s death.
See Amy during a 2009 performance at the St. Lucia Jazz Fest.
