Amy Winehouse’s step-father Richard Collins, pictured right here together with her mom Janis Winehouse Collins, has died mere days after being hospitalised with an sickness. He was 71.
Collins married the ‘Valerie’ songstress’ mom Janis, and is alleged to have been a steadfast help all through Winehouse’s music profession. After Winehouse’s tragic passing on the age of 27 in 2011, Collins spearheaded the Amy Winehouse Basis as each director and trustee.
“We’re very unhappy to carry you the information that our trustee Richard Collins, has handed away this week,” mentioned a press release from the Amy Winehouse Basis, which introduced the information on Twitter on the finish of April.
“Devoted and caring husband to Janis, and Dad to Michael and Jess, we are going to all the time keep in mind his nice humour and sense of enjoyable. Sending a lot like to all of the household.”
Collins’ dying comes after Janis revealed he had been hospitalised in London on April 25.
“Hello all in Twitter land, hubby ( Richard) has been in hospital since final week and we almost misplaced him twice!” she wrote on Twitter.
“I wish to thank all of the medics [Royal Free Hospital] London for giving him nice care and a spotlight. I sadly won’t reply again to your tweets however solely give updates. Janis xxx.”
Followers have rushed to offer their help to the household by means of yet one more devastating loss.
“Very sorry for the devastating loss. My ideas and prayers going out to the households,” one fan wrote.
One other mentioned: “Such devastating information and so sudden… He was all the time so type and beneficiant in the direction of the followers, together with myself. He was such a joker and so cheeky with me! Ideas are with Amy’s mom Janis at this tough time. Relaxation simple, Richard.”
