Jim taken ill in the night: account of Pamela Courson to police, copy of the original police report.
Courson’s call to Ronay/her friends respond: Paris Match, 25 April 1991; King, July 1991.
Marianne Faithfull and Jean de Breiteuil: Faithfull, Faithfull.
Agnès Varda on Jim in the bath: Paris Match, 25 April 1991.
Dr Vassille’s report: copy of same.
Funeral arrangements: author’s discussion with Alain Ronay and published sources including the major biographies of Morrison.
Press statement: Rolling Stone, 4 August 1971.
Andy Morrison: quoted from author’s interview.
Pamela Courson’s final years and death: her death certificate; Rolling Stone obituary, 6 June 1974; author’s interviews with Mirandi Babitz and Andy Morrison (both quoted).
Eleven: The Secret House of Death
Epigraph: Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, scene xv.
David Burr: quoted throughout from author’s interviews.
Alexander Bashlachev’s death: see Appendix: 27 Long-list, p. 303.
Peter Ham’s death: ibid.
Richey Edwards’s death: ibid; also Daily Mail, 2 March 1995; Guardian, 26 and 29 November 2008.
KC on suicide: Melody Maker, 2 January 1993; Rolling Stone, 27 January 1994.
Steve Albini: quoted from author’s interview.
Cali De Witt: quoted from True, Nirvana: The True Story.
Events at Lakeside Avenue NE: copies of the original police reports; Cross, Heavier than Heaven; True, Nirvana: The True Story. Thanks to neighbour Bob Jensen.
Mia Zapata’s death: see Appendix: 27 Long-list, p. 307.
Chuck Fradenburg: quoted throughout from author’s interview.
Christmas rehab: Cross, Heavier Than Heaven.
New house: public domain real estate records; author’s field notes; background reading in the major Cobain biographies. Thanks to neighbour Dr Pritchett (quoted).
Eric Erlandson: quoted throughout from author’s interview.
Leland Cobain: quoted throughout from author’s interview.
Lyrics quoted from ‘You Know You’re Right’ by Kurt Cobain © EMI Music Publishing.
Cali De Witt says Kurt suspected his wife: True, Nirvana: The True Story.
Discusses divorce with lawyer: Cross, Heavier Than Heaven.
A piece of the Colosseum/Rome suicide attempt: Courtney Love, quoted in Cross, Heavier Than Heaven; Rolling Stone, 15 December 1994.
Suicide background: Alvarez, The Savage God; Durkheim; On Suicide, Johnstone (ed.), Companion to Psychiatric Studies; Stone, Suicide and Attempted Suicide were especially helpful.
Keats: ‘Ode to a Nightingale’.
Suicide peaks in spring: one of the findings of Émile Durkheim; see On Suicide.
1994 intervention: author’s interviews with David Burr, Eric Erlandson and Danny Goldberg (all quoted).
Sam Andrew: quoted from author’s interview.
Exodus: author’s interview with Nial Stimson (quoted throughout).
KC’s last sees his daughter/last conversation with wife: Cross, Heavier Than Heaven.
Quotation from The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot. Collected Poems (London: Faber and Faber, 1963).
KC goes missing/search for: author’s interviews with Eric Erlandson and others, background reading in the major Cobain biographies, and associated press coverage of his death, and copies of the original police reports.
KC and his Rome suicide note: Cross, Heavier Than Heaven.
Suicide in literature, philosophy and history: background reading includes Alvarez, The Savage God (a superb general study of suicide); Durkheim, On Suicide; Grashoff, Let Me Finish (a study of suicide notes); Hume, On Suicide; Nietzsche, Basic Writings of Nietzsche, and Seneca, Dialogues and Essays, Epistles and Moral Essays.
Schopenhauer: On Suicide (The Essential Schopenhauer).
Suicide note: the author consulted a copy of the note which is published in Halperin and Wallace, Who Killed Kurt Cobain?, and can be easily found online.
Finding the body: sources include The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain (BBC, 2011).
Date of death: death certificate.
Reaction: author’s interviews with Burr, Erlandson, Fradenburg, Goldberg and Stimson.
Courtney Love’s message: recording of same.
Memorial services/Saturn Return: thanks to the Reverends Karen Lindvig and Stephen Towles.
Copycat suicides: Rolling Stone, 2 June 1994; Guardian, 1 June 1998.
Pfaff death: Rolling Stone, 11 August 1994; and Eric Erlandson: interview with author.
Jack Endino, quoted from The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain (BBC, 2011).
Tom Grant theories: his website, www.cobaincase.com; his comments on NBC Dateline (April 2004); Halperin and Wallace, Who Killed Kurt Cobain?
Hank Harrison: quoted from NBC’s Dateline (April 2004); correspondence with the author.
Leland Cobain: quoted from author’s interview.
Twelve: One Little Drink, Then Another
Epigraph: John Dryden, Fables, Ancient and Modern, quoted from Partington (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford, OUP, 1996.
Sarah Hurley: quoted throughout from author’s interview.
Doug Charles-Ridler: quoted throughout from author’s interview.
Stefan Skarbek: quoted throughout from author’s interview.
Bryan Johnson: quoted from author’s interview.
Attacks photographers: Daily Mail, 6 November 2008.
Blake wanted a divorce, and row about rehab bill: press coverage including News of the World, 9 November 2008; Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter.
AW in St Lucia: press coverage including Sun, 14 January 2009; Ricardo Canadinhas and Troy Miller: quoted from author’s interviews. Thanks also to Jeff Allen.
Mitch Winehouse driving his cab less: Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter; My Daughter Amy (Channel 4, January 2010).
Mitch Winehouse directorships/companies established/gives occupation: Companies House records.
Daphne Barak’s relationship with the Winehouses: Barak, Saving Amy, from which I quote.
Mitch Winehouse on his relationship with AW: My Daughter Amy (Channel 4, January 2010).
AW tweet: 8 January 2010, Twitter.
Criticised in Guardian: 6 November 2009.
‘Not a penny’, Blake on divorce settlement and view of Mitch Winehouse: Blake to author.
Pantomime fracas: Guardian, 20 January 2011.
Reg Traviss: quoted throughout from interviews with author.
AW photographed with Blake after the divorce: Sun, 1 March and 19 April 2010. Thanks also to Sam Shaker.
AW tweets re Blake: 25 March 2010, Twitter.
Reg on Blake/Blake on Reg: in discussions with the author.
Boswell on Dr Johnson: Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson.
Drunken incidents in 2010: Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter.
AW on pub bench: News of the World video, September 2010. Traviss’s explanation: author’s interview.
AW told Haines and Foden she would join the 27 Club: Haines, News of the World, 28 December 2008; Foden, Daily Mirror, 25 July 2011.
AW’s binge-drinking: evidence at the second inquest.
Russian show: Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter; author’s interview with Troy Miller (quoted throughout).
Brazil shows: footage of concerts posted on YouTube; author’s interviews with Miller and Traviss. Thanks also to Henry Collins.
Camden Square house: public domain and estate agent property records; author’s interviews with AW’s friends and neighbours, with thanks to Catherine Hays, Professor Jones and Reg Traviss.
Troy Miller: quoted throughout from author’s interview.
AW tells father she never wants to move: Amy, My Daughter.
John Hurley: quoted from author’s interview.
Rozh: quoted from author’s interview.
Seizures: second inquest.
Dubai: author’s interview with Reg Traviss; local rea
ction from concert-goers posted online at www.soulfoodl01.wordpress.com.
AW’s money: company records.
Blake arrested for burglary, etc.: Sun, 4 March 2011.
AW goes on a binge: Winehouse; Amy, My Daughter.
Recording with Tony Bennett: Daily Telegraph, 28 July 2011.
Gordon Williams’s reaction: author’s interview.
Events of March, April and May 2011: second inquest. Dr Romete quoted from inquest evidence, including on bulimia, ‘gone to the pub’ and ‘strongly worded’ letter. Also Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter.
Trying to get AW to undergo DBT: evidence given by Dr Romete at the first inquest.
AW persuaded to go into Priory: thanks to Reg Traviss. Also Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter.
Thirteen: The Glass is Run
Epigraph: Chidiock Tichborne’s elegy, written 1586, on the eve of his death in his early twenties, The Oxford Book of English Verse.
AW angry: Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter.
AW discharges herself from Priory and resumes drinking: Dr Romete, quoted from second inquest.
Jokes about doctor’s warning: Troy Miller, quoted throughout from author’s interview.
East-European tour: Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter. Raye Cosbert declined requests for an interview.
Belgrade ticket sales: Blic, 30 March and 10 June 2011 (by which date it was reported that 11,000 tickets had already been sold).
100 Club: Troy Miller and Reg Traviss, quoted throughout from author’s interviews. Dr Romete gives medication: second inquest.
AW changes mind about tour: Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter.
Hotel arrangements: Blic, 10 June 2011.
Belgrade show: footage posted on YouTube and widespread press coverage in the UK and abroad (20 June 2011); author’s interview with Troy Miller.
Claim AW pushed on stage: Sun, 22 June 2011.
Lyric quoted from ‘Tears Dry on Their Own’ by Amy Winehouse, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson © EMI Music Publishing, Jobete Music Inc. and Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
Lyric quoted from ‘Some Unholy War’ by Amy Winehouse © EMI Music Publishing.
Lauren Franklin: quoted from author’s interview.
Lyric quoted from ‘You Know I’m No Good’ by Amy Winehouse © EMI Music Publishing.
Reg Traviss: quoted throughout from author’s interviews.
AW returns home/can’t remember show: evidence at second inquest.
Looks at YouTube and becomes reflective: Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter.
Jonathan Winehouse: quoted from author’s interviews.
Blake jailed: Daily Mail, 22 June 2011; author’s prison visit and correspondence.
Sam Shaker conversation: quoted from author’s interview with Shaker.
Final days: sources include inquest evidence (first and second, including statements of Andrew Morris and Dr Romete), and author’s interviews with Reg Traviss.
Doug Charles-Ridler: quoted throughout from author’s interview.
Tyler James away: his agent, Hamish Twist.
Naomi Parry footnote: author’s correspondence.
Screams: anonymous neighbour quoted in the Sunday Express, 24 July 2011. The author spoke to all the neighbours and found no corroboration. Thanks to Catherine Hays and Professor Jones (both quoted).
Janis Winehouse’s final visit and conversation with daughter: Mail on Sunday, 18 September 2011.
Ricardo Canadinhas and Doug Charles-Ridler: quoted from author’s interviews.
Final hours: author’s interviews with Reg Traviss and inquest evidence (Andrew Morris and Dr Romete quoted from both).
Dialogue with Death: Ingmar Bergman, The Seventh Seal (1957).
AW funeral: author’s field notes at the funeral and interviews with Lauren Franklin, Rabbi Hellner and Reg Traviss; press coverage in the Sun and other papers, 27 July 2011.
Wake: author’s field notes at the wake and interviews with fans on the night.
Epilogue: The Dance of Death
Epigraph: Henri Cazalis, ‘Danse Macabre’
Merchandising: author’s field notes during the researching of this book in the UK, USA and France.
Cotchford Farm: thanks to Alastair Johns (quoted).
Cheltenham Cemetery: author’s field notes at the grave in 2012.
Eric Burdon on TV: Daily Mirror, 22 September 1970.
Noel Redding’s murder theory: Redding, Are You Experienced?
Monika Dannemann interviews: Hello!, 26 February 1994, for example.
The Dannemann–Etchingham dispute is detailed in Etchingham, Through Gypsy Eyes.
Dannemann’s court defeat and suicide: Guardian and Daily Telegraph, 6 April 1996.
JH estate: author’s interviews with Alan Douglas and Janie Hendrix (both quoted). Background reading includes Murray, Crosstown Traffic; Cross, Room Full of Mirrors.
JH’s grave: author’s field notes at his grave in 2012. Thanks to staff at Greenwood Memorial Park, Renton, Washington.
JJ’s remains scattered at sea: her will.
Bob Gordon, Lyndall Erb, Ken Pearson and Sam Andrew on JJ: quoted from author’s interviews. Thanks also to Don Hoyt and the Highland Gardens Hotel (formerly the Landmark).
Record sales: RIAA.
Ray Manzarek on life after JM: Manzarek, Light My Fire.
Death hoax: author’s interview with Steve Harris.
Rock ’n’ Roll Circus theory: author’s conversation with Sam Bernett (quoted); Bernett, interview with the Mail on Sunday, 7 July 2007.
Alain Ronay: quoted from author’s interview.
JM’s grave: author’s field notes at the grave in 2012, interviews at gravesite and discussions with staff.
The Doors shocked: Densmore, Riders on the Storm.
Andy Morrison: quoted from author’s interview.
Dickie Davis: quoted from author’s interview.
Kyle Fisher and Peter Niedner: quoted from author’s interviews.
Densmore lawsuit: Rolling Stone, 22 August 2008.
Manzarek on Densmore: Manzarek, Light My Fire.
Jeff Jampol: quoted from author’s interview.
EMP: author’s field notes at the museum in 2012.
Nirvana lawsuits: People, 20 May 2002.
Frances Bean Cobain custody: Daily Mail, 15 December 2009; Sun, 18 August 2010. Courtney Love did not respond to interview requests.
Twitter fracas: Rolling Stone, 12 April 2012.
KC’s ashes scattered: thanks to neighbour Inge Jones.
AW posthumous sales: The Times, 1 August 2011; Daily Mail, 25 July 2011; Billboard.com.
Mitch Winehouse has idea for Amy Winehouse Foundation on plane: Winehouse, Amy, My Daughter. Her voice came to him in New York: BBC Breakfast, 19 February 2013.
The Amy Winehouse Foundation was registered with Companies House on 12 August 2011, later with the Charity Commission. Charity Commission advice on setting up new charities is at www.charitycommission.gov.uk.
Mitch Winehouse on how the foundation made him feel: www.thirdsector.co.uk, 12 November 2012.
Mitch Winehouse speculates on cause of AW’s death: Anderson Live, 12 September 2011; Piers Morgan Tonight, 13 September 2011.
$50,000 fee: USA Today, 10 September 2011.
Two inquests: author’s court notes. Thanks also to Georgia Graham of the Camden New Journal.
Suzanne Greenaway resigns: Sun, 2 January 2011.
Darcus Beese: quoted from Guardian, 18 November 2012.
AW’s estate valued and distributed: HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
Alex Winehouse resigns as a director of the Amy Winehouse Charitable Foundation: Companies House (Co. No. 7737209, 20 April 2012).
Blake Fielder-Civil: author’s meeting at HMP Leeds.
Reg Travis: quoted from author’s interview.
AW’s grave: thanks to Rabbi Hellner, Reg Traviss and Paul Van der Hulks at Edgwarebury Cemetery.
The closing quotation is from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, Act IV, scene ii.
Appendix: 27 Long-list
Selected sources are provided for brevity.
Alexander: Talevski, Knocking on Heaven’s Door; Ambrose, Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop.
Amirian: online obituary and news reports: for example, Valley News, 20 February 2009.
Bashlachev: www.thesilverwings.tumblr.com.
Bell: Larkin (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Popular Music; press reports.
Belvin: Larkin (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
Boon: Rolling Stone obituary, 27 February 1986; Talevski, Knocking on Heaven’s Door.
Chauvin: Sadie (ed.), New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Christian: Larkin (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Popular Music; Talevski, Knocking on Heaven’s Door.
Cobain: death certificate.
Courson: death certificate.
De Fleur: Larkin (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Popular Music; Talevski, Knocking on Heaven’s Door.
de Freitas: death certificate.
Durham: Larkin (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Popular Music; www.findagrave.com.
Edwards: Guardian obituary, 26 November 2008.
Elizalde: Los Angeles Times, 26 November 2006; Washington Post, 9 April 2007.
Hale: Talevski, Knocking on Heaven’s Door.
Ham: death certificate; press coverage including Guardian, 22 October 1999.
Hawkins: www.examiner.com.
Henderson: Talevski, Knocking on Heaven’s Door.
Hendrix: death certificate.
Jaffe: Melody Maker obituary, 20 October 1945; Sadie (ed.), New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Johnson: Pearson and McCulloch, Robert Johnson: Lost and Found.
Jones: death certificate; inquest bundle.
Joplin: death certificate.
Khumalo: report of death in the South African Mail and Guardian, 5 September 2006.
Köllen: Triumvirat.net; Talevski, Knocking on Heaven’s Door.
Leonard: author’s interview with her father, Bob Leonard.
Lewis: Talevski, Knocking on Heaven’s Door.
McCabe: www.slendermusic.com.
McKernan: death certificate and Rolling Stone obituary, 12 April 1973.
Miller: Larkin (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
Morris: www.mydeathspace.com.
Morrison: death certificate.
Niec: www.legacy.com.
Ottoson: Segalstad and Hunter, The 27s.
Pfaff: Rolling Stone, obituary, 11 August 1994.
Pride: death certificate; Larkin (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Popular Music; online fan sites.
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