Amy Winehouse’s former theatre school headteacher has paid tribute to the ‘extraordinary’ talent a decade on from her death.Sylvia Young told Metro.co.uk how the vocalist was ‘sensational from the moment she auditioned’ for her eponymous performing arts school.
She described the star-in-the-making as ‘quirky, maddening, irritating but with a good heart’ and a ‘God-given’ talent which shone through, even in her early teens at the school in Marble Arch, London.The principal spoke as tributes were paid to the singer-songwriter, who died of alcohol poisoning on July 23, 2011.Amy is shown in Metro.co.uk’s picture at the school in a photograph also featuring Billie Piper and Holby City actress Laura Sadler.
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