Sunday, June 22, 2008

Winehouse Has Emphysema, Says Dad

LONDON (June 22) - Soul diva Amy Winehouse has damaged her lungs by smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes, her father said in an interview published Sunday.The Sunday Mirror quoted Mitch Winehouse as saying that Amy has an early stage emphysema and an irregular heartbeat, and has been warned that she will have to wear an oxygen mask unless she stops smoking drugs.Amy Winehouse Snapshots

LONDON - JUNE 02: LONDON - JUNE 02 Amy Winehouse (2nd L) leaves Snaresbrook Crown Court with security after attending her husband Blake Fielder-Civil's trial on June 2, 2008 in London, England. Fielder-Civil is appearing on charges of perverting the course of justice. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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British singer Amy Winehouse, right, arrives at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London, Monday, June 2, 2008, where her husband Blake Fielder-Civil is appearing on charges of perverting the course of justice and assault. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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British singer Amy Winehouse, right, arrives at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London, Monday, June 2, 2008, where her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, is appearing on charges of perverting the course of justice and assault. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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LONDON - JUNE 02: Singer Amy Winehouse arrives at Snaresbrook Crown Court to see husband Blake Fielder-Civil on June 2, 2008 in London, England. Blake Fielder-Civil is appearing on charges of perverting the cause of justice. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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LONDON - JUNE 02: Singer Amy Winehouse arrives at Snaresbrook Crown Court to see husband Blake Fielder-Civil on June 2, 2008 in London, England. Blake Fielder-Civil is appearing on charges of perverting the cause of justice. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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LONDON - JUNE 02: Singer Amy Winehouse arrives at Snaresbrook Crown Court to see husband Blake Fielder-Civil on June 2, 2008 in London, England. Blake Fielder-Civil is appearing on charges of perverting the cause of justice. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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LONDON - JUNE 02: Singer Amy Winehouse arrives at Snaresbrook Crown Court to see husband Blake Fielder-Civil on June 2, 2008 in London, England. Blake Fielder-Civil is appearing on charges of perverting the cause of justice. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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Jazz Soul diva Amy Winehouse, from England, has a drink while performing to 90,000 spectators on the main stage of the Rock in Rio Lisboa music festival at the Bela Vista Park Friday, May 30, 2008, Portugal. (AP Photo/Steven Governo)

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British singer Amy Winehouse performs during the "Rock in Rio" music festival in Lisbon May 30, 2008. REUTERS/Nacho Doce (PORTUGAL)

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Spectators watch British singer Amy Winehouse performing during the "Rock in Rio" music festival in Lisbon May 30, 2008. REUTERS/Nacho Doce (PORTUGAL)

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"The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs, it won't just ruin her voice, it will kill her," Mitch Winehouse was quoted as saying. "There are nodules around the chest and dark marks. She has 70 percent lung capacity."Winehouse collapsed at her north London home Monday after signing autographs for a group of fans and was taken to a London hospital for tests. She remained there all week.She is still scheduled to sing at a concert in London on Friday celebrating 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela, the South African Nobel Prize-winner, and plans to take part in the Glastonbury music festival the following day.Mitch Winehouse said it would be good for his daughter to perform."When she's been inactive work-wise then that's when the problems really start. The doctors have said that medically there isn't any reason why she can't do Glastonbury," the paper quoted him as saying.
He also pleaded with her drug taking friends to stay away from her."What hope does she have if people are taking drugs around her," he said.


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