Amy Winehouse Death: Blake Fielder Civil Singer Left Out Of Will

It's no secret that Amy Winehouse and ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil shared a simultaneously passionate and self-destructive relationship--so much so that Fielder-Civil's mother fears her son, "wracked with guilt" over Winehouse's death, will "kill himself."

Even Fielder-Civil's current girlfriend--and mother of his newborn son--Sarah Asprin, acknowledges as much, telling the UK's The Sun this week: "I saw him and Amy together and I know they were really ... soul mates..."

But on Tuesday, details emerged concerning the distribution of Winehouse's financial assets that may call into question the depth of Winehouse and Fielder-Civil's relationship. Specifically this one: Fielder-Civil's name does not appear once in Winehouse's £10 million will.

Indeed, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday that Winehouse assembled her financial affairs after her messy divorce from Fielder-Civil in 2009 and took steps to ensure her ex was not included as a beneficiary. Furthermore, according to a close friend, "Around the time of the divorce, all of Amy’s finances were sorted out-- and Blake can’t get his hands on any of it."

Though her fortune is valued at an estimated £10 million, the posthumous success of her hit album "Back To Black" is sure to expand Winehouse's net worth substantially. The 2008 record is currently topping iTunes charts in 16 countries and 20,000 to 25,000 copies are expected to sell in the US this week alone.

The couple shared a volatile, drug-fueled relationship--one Fielder-Civil takes responsibility for fostering. He admittedly introduced Winehouse to the drug and self-harming behaviors that may have led to her untimely death. In 2008, he told News of the World, "I made the biggest mistake of my life by taking heroin in front of her. I introduced her to heroin, crack cocaine and self-harming. I feel more than guilty."

Winehouse will be cremated following a Jewish burial service that was held Tuesday.

Comments

[Wind Dancer]

05:06 AM on 08/02/2011

I have known drug addiction all of my life as the daughter and sister of an alcoholic and heroin user. It was really difficult and painful growing up with someone who chose alcohol and abusive behaviors over taking proper care of a child. I still havent forgiven my female parent and I cant call her Mama to this day. But honestly, I should be grateful to her because I learned what not to be. If it wasnt however, for the grace of God, there I would be in the throes of addiction. It runs very strongly in my family. Perhaps Blake did introduce Amy to harder drugs, but from her own account she was using THC since a teenager. It seems that as she got older her drug choice shifted and yes, it was her choice to use the opiates. Blake may have urged but she made the decision herself. I am just wondering what is the root cause of this womans pain? With the cutting, depression, opiate use and alcohol abuse, I cant help but wonder if at some point she was sexually abused. Does anyone have any real insight? We can all speculate, but does anyone really know? I feel badly for anyone who threw away Gods gifts. I hope she knew Jesus and yes I am aware she was Jewish.

[Jo Le Tiel]

04:42 PM on 07/29/2011

Since when do people leave money to ex spouses, unless they have custody of kids?

[interlude]

06:34 AM on 07/28/2011

What are friends for?

[Congo Line]

10:56 PM on 07/27/2011

If someone introduced you to eating faeces, would you do it and blame them for introducing you to the lifestyle.

Can you say "personal responsibility"?

Unless you are a child at the time of introduction, the fault is yours. Many people "introduce' addicts to rehab and they don't go. It's a choice, not a disease.

[Goliadkin]

03:58 PM on 07/28/2011

I'm eating faeces right now. Thanks for getting me started. You deserve full credit.

[Congo Line]

05:39 PM on 07/31/2011

I suspect this isn't your first go round with that one. The credit is all yours.

[AudreyLee]

06:50 PM on 07/31/2011

Hahaha, made me chuckle.

[AudreyLee]

06:52 PM on 07/31/2011

It is a choice to get started on a drug. You're right, that is a personal choice, a responsibility for actions. Yet that choice propels the addict into a disease. Being addicted to something is terrible, awful, and it takes over your body and mind. Here;
http://www.medical-online.com/addict.htm

[Congo Line]

07:17 PM on 07/31/2011

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_n18_v133/ai_6690283/

http://www.alcoholism-and-drug-addiction-help.com/alcoholism-is-not-a-disease.html

No, it's not.

[diva362171]

09:26 PM on 07/27/2011

Thank GOD he can't get any of it. He'd spend it all within a week of getting out of prison, boozing it up and eating crack cocaine by the pound, in handfuls, a la Tony Montana, whining about how he's doing it in her memory or something. I've been left all broken up by someone who introduced me to a lifestyle (not drugs and alcohol) that I thought was fun and found it great to be a part of. Then he left me, a sucker for his game, and it was me who had to deal with the consequences of it all crashing down completely alone. He did just that to Amy, leaving her to deal with the addiction he introduced her to alone, suddenly all broken up by her death when she'd been slowly dying right before his eyes for YEARS. It's a great thing she had the wherewithal to cut him out after how he left her, despondent, addicted and alone.

[Westies]

09:06 PM on 07/27/2011

Sounds like he was a horrible influence on her. It's tragic she made the decision to join him on his drug ventures and utimately got hooked. She probably fell for him and wanted to be in "his world"? He should feel guilty, very guilty but in the end it was her choice, I assume he didn't have a gun to her head.

[Congo Line]

05:40 PM on 07/31/2011

LOL!!!!!!!! The infantilization of the addict by those who like their songs/so-called former addicts is amusing.

[AudreyLee]

06:56 PM on 07/31/2011

Look, I don't mean to ask a personal question, but have you ever been addicted to something. No, I'm not talking about getting in a pissy mood and eating one too many BonBons on your couch.I'm talking addiction, hook, line, and sinker.

If not, well, then with all due respect, shut the #$@! up.

[Jeanette AllenGordon]

09:05 PM on 07/27/2011

Honestly, we cant put the blame on Blake for Amy's drug use. Each person 98% of time has the ability to say yes or no to drugs. Weather they were introduced to her by someone else, she still had the right to say no but she didn't, she said "they tried to make me go to rehab and I say no no no" this shows she had the ability to make her own choices right there. People stop blaming others for someone else's down fall in life, she made her choices like we all do. Us here we choice life, Amy she choice death. I'm sad that she made that choice her voice was extraordinary and I will miss her singing. I pray for her family and I pray for Blake to get his self together in life and leave the drugs alone, it's not a good look! I'm just saying.

[diva362171]

09:31 PM on 07/27/2011

She was already hooked on other drugs and LOTS of drinking by the time he introduced her to the heroin and crack. For some reason, HP doesn't like to disclose all the facts. The Sun has many more details.

Also, its choose life, not choice life.

Anyway, Blake has the blame; he took a person in a weak and vulnerable position who trusted him, who adored him, and told her it was okay. The song is a *song*...she's acknowledging she's an addict, acknowledging that she's got problems, but can't face them just yet, that's what the song is about.

However, Amy did end up going to rehab, several times, at least 8 in just the last 2 years. For you to say Amy chose death...well, you can't say she did because you didn't ask her. That's between her and God.

[Jeanette AllenGordon]

03:39 AM on 07/28/2011

If you like making excuses for blaming others for some one else's down falls then you do that I live in the real world I am a grown woman and I have the right to say no to things just like Amy did. I speak from experiences Diva I once was on drugs myself, 20 years ago and yes somebody introduced it to me but I learned that blaming somebody else doesn't justify anything I was 25 years old then and a grown woman that could have said no and made better choices. I already know she went to rehab I'm very familiar with the tabloids about this lady since I listen to her music all the time but she chose to let her mind control her addiction instead of controlling it herself. No matter how much you want to argue over this, AMY had the choice she choice death Diva, I chose life that's why I'm here typing on this computer today. Now if you never been on drugs and I pray that you haven't then you don't even understand it.

[meanlady21]

06:48 PM on 07/27/2011

It would be nice if someone would translate those pounds into dollars so we could understand how much money she left her family. Thank goodness she did do the right thing in that respect.

[marianproletarian]

07:20 PM on 07/27/2011

One dollar is worth about 60 pence right now.

[gedward]

07:59 PM on 07/27/2011

£10 million is equal around $16.3 million US dollars.

[meanlady21]

11:42 AM on 07/28/2011

Wow she made that much in such a short time. Thanks for the reply

[songchannels]

06:06 PM on 07/27/2011

Cremated? That's weird.

[diva362171]

09:31 PM on 07/27/2011

Why?

[katherine2011ish]

06:02 PM on 07/27/2011

No surprising considering he left the marriage not wanting anything from Amy.

[OzzieVoodoo]

05:55 PM on 07/27/2011

The only person responsible for her death is her.

[diva362171]

09:31 PM on 07/27/2011

No. No, Blake. Blake's responsible.

[Congo Line]

10:57 PM on 07/27/2011

LOL! Every one is responsible but the addict that uses and buys it!

Of course!

[paraprajnameta1]

04:12 PM on 07/27/2011

Now Blakey REALLY has something to cry about in prison.

[Congo Line]

05:48 PM on 07/31/2011

He didn't want any money after the divorce. He insisted on not taking any. Why is this is a surprise?

Scapegoating much?

[coyle01]

04:05 PM on 07/27/2011

A real Jewish girl would never ever be cremated...her parents should be ashamed!

[amy beth]

05:58 PM on 07/27/2011

I agree, it is very odd for a Jew to be cremated....

[meanlady21]

06:50 PM on 07/27/2011

All jewish people don't live their lives by jewish rules.

[elliemaith]

02:31 PM on 07/27/2011

Unfortunately, we are responsibile for out own life. No one can force another to do anything. If you choose to destroy your temple that is your decision. People should take their own responsibilty for their actions. Stop trying to blame anyone but herself for doing what she wanted to do. There was not a gun put to her head. We have choices and when we make the wrong or bad choice we have to pay the price. So leave the blame where it should be. When she stopped it was great but if she went back that was on her and she made the decision.

[diva362171]

09:41 PM on 07/27/2011

We still don't know that she died from a drug overdose. I personally don't believe it was from an overdose, but from complications due to her massive past usage. However, as I said to someone else, Amy was in a weak, dependent state with Blake; he was often in "control" of her, part of why both their families were adamant that they cease their relationship immediately (when they were together). Blake took advantage of that. Haven't you heard of misery loves company? Who wants to do drugs around others who aren't? No, instead, Blake brought her down to where he was, broke her down and left her. Amy did have her own choices to make, but she was in no condition to be making them. That's why, after their divorce, her father was given conservatorship (legal control) over her. She was depressed, cutting and self harming in other ways (including the drugs and alcohol) to cope with her pain. She was indeed improving. She made the decision to get better, with a massive amount of help from her family, but it was too late (I think anyway). So yes, a large part of the blame lies with Blake. She was used by him, a pawn for him game. Like Amy's wishes were between her and God, what Blake's true role in her life was is between him and God.

[Congo Line]

10:59 PM on 07/27/2011

A-freakin-Men.

The lack of responsibility (especially by addicts and former addicts) is startling and sheds light on the real problem.

[MarkInTexas]

01:00 PM on 07/27/2011

He sure didn't do her any favors. She'd probably be alive today if it wasn't for that clown.

[Golfer59]

01:07 PM on 07/27/2011

I couldn't agree more!

[Isobel Quinn]

01:31 PM on 07/27/2011

i don't agree...
i'm 28, and when i was nineteen i married a man with a history of heroin abuse...eventually, i became addicted (i'd thought he had quit using when we met/married...apparently i was wrong). it took six years before we both finally quit...and you know, for a long time i blamed him; until i realized that if it hadn't been him introducing me to it, i would have just ended up on it/something else through other means. maybe he helped speed up the process..but ultimately, speaking as a former addict, if you're that open to damnation...you're going to find it, one way or another.
on an unrelated note, why is it news that her x isn't a beneficiary in her will? is it common practice for people to share their money posthumously with the ppl they didn't deem worthy to share their bed?
if so, i'm going to have to change mine. huh.

[diva362171]

09:45 PM on 07/27/2011

That's you! Your experience can't speak for all.

Plus, you knowingly married someone who at least had HAD problems with abusing drugs; one can't get that far in a relationship without seeing someone's demons come up at least a few times.

Amy had her vice; it was drinking. And yes, drinking will kill you. But Blake had his and he shared it with her. I honestly think she would've been fine killing herself with the juice, but someone she trusted (albeit too much) gave her something that he himself used; she wasn't in a position to say no.

It's the same as a parent telling a child it's okay. She was that incapacitated.

[AudreyLee]

07:00 PM on 07/31/2011

Congratulations for beating your addiction.