Amy Winehouse was saved from death two years before her tragic passing thanks to Sheridan Smith. The Rehab singer was just 27 when she was found dead in her London flat on July 23 2011, with coroners recording alcohol poisoning as the cause of death.
Fans were heartbroken, and for weeks held a vigil outside her north London home - but according to her close friend Tyler James, 39, they could have been mourning the loss of one of the UK's most talented stars years earlier had the Cilla actress not raced into action to save her life.
Speaking his new book, My Amy, Tyler reveals that Amy and Sheridan, 39, had become friends after meeting in the queue for London club Proud Galleries in Camden.
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