Cause: Amy Winehouse's brother Alex has revealed that he believes bulimia killed his sister...
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Amy Winehouse’s brother has said he believes his sister was killed by bulimia.
Alex Winehouse admits that while the drug and alcohol abuse would have eventually killed his sister, who died in July 2011, the eating disorder made her body weak and ‘more susceptible.’
Speaking to the Observer Magazine he said: ‘She would have died eventually, the way she was going, but what really killed her was the bulimia.’
Discussing the disorder, which she developed at just 17 years of age, he continued: ‘Had she not have had an eating disorder, she would have been physically stronger.
‘[Her friends] were all doing it. They stopped doing it, but Amy never really stopped. We all knew she was doing it but it's almost impossible [to tackle], especially if you're not talking about it.’
Alex, who expressed surprise in the interview that he discovered his sister had kept her school jumper, also revealed that the Amy Winehouse Foundation had recently donated money to an eating disorder charity.
Upset: Alex Winehouse admitted that he thought she would have died eventually without the eating disorder...
Speaking about the charity, which was set up in the singers name, and their decision to support Beat, he said: ‘We had to support eating disorder charities because no-one talks about it.
‘The situation in this country is that about five or six years ago there were around 10 to 15 eating disorder charities out there. Now there’s only three, one of which is exclusively for young men.
‘Beat was in real need of an online forum so that there’s always someone there to talk to. I just want to try to raise awareness of bulimia. It’s a real dark, dark issue.’
Slim: Throughout her career her weight fluctuated somewhat and around the time of her death she was very slight...
The Back To Black singer was just 27 when she died. Months later the cause of her death was confirmed as alcohol poisoning.
Five times the legal drink-drive limit of alcohol was found in her system, just months after she was thought to have overcome her drug problems.
The frank interview from her brother comes as cherished family photographs of Amy’s childhood and teenage years are set to go on display in London.
Trouble: Alex believes that the eating disorder weakened her body...
Her family have given the Jewish Museum unique access to some of the star's most treasured possessions for an exhibition that will mark the second anniversary of her death.
The exhibition will run from July 3 to September 15 2013.
Exhibition: Alex and his father Mitch have given the Jewish Museum unique access to family photos for an exhibition this summer...
Culled from The Daily Mail UK...
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