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Tina Campbell

OPINION - I watched in horror as paparazzi tried to upskirt Amy Winehouse — why did nobody try to protect her?

The new Amy Winehouse biopic has reignited the debate about the responsibility for her untimely death aged 27. Those in the firing line include her father, aspiring singer Mitch Winehouse, and her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, who admitted getting her hooked on Class A drugs.

I never met Blake, but I ran into Mitch and had unforgettable encounters with Amy. At one gig, when we met I extended my right hand to shake hers, but instead she took mine, turned it over and kissed it leaving a huge red lipstick mark.

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