Amy Winehouses Parents Honor Her 15 Years Later

's parents Mitch and Janis paid their respects to their beloved daughter on the 15th anniversary of her death. 

The former couple appeared emotional as they were spotted paying their respects at Amy's grave at Edgwarebury Cemetery in north London on Thursday.

Mitch and Janis were joined by friends and family at the graveside, where they left yellow and red roses as well as a photograph of Amy and her guitar. 

Janis, 71, was aided by a mobility walker before taking a seat on a wooden bench alongside Mitch, 75. 

Mitch and Janis, who also share son Alex and divorced in 1993 when Amy was nine, remain close following the heartbreaking loss of Amy.

Amy died on July 23 2011. After two inquests, her cause of death was revealed to be accidental by way of poisoning.

The singer had a history of alcohol and drug abuse. She had been in and out of rehab and struggled with alcohol withdrawal and anxiety.

Amy, who is buried with her grandmother Cynthia Levy, is said to have been subject to nine interventions led by parents about her boozy lifestyle.

Mitch battled to get his beloved daughter to abandon the dangerous drug-fuelled life which was killing her, even as she enjoyed extraordinary success.

When his efforts ended in heartbreaking failure with her death, Mitch and second wife Jane established, with Amy's mother Janis, the Amy Winehouse Foundation in the hope of inspiring young people to spare themselves from a similar path.

It was revealed that the weight of Amy's death was too much for Mitch's relationship to bear, with the couple going their separate ways.

He told the Daily Mail in 2023: 'I haven't made a public announcement, explaining he has been reticent to do so because Jane, 60, remains a trustee of the foundation.

Insisting their separation was amicable, Mitch suggested the first strains on their relationship date back to when Amy was falling apart under the cosh of binges on alcohol and narcotics.

He would do what he could to help. 'I would get a call at 3am and run out at 4am,' Mitch said, adding that this inevitably took a toll on his marriage.

He felt compelled to reassure his wife that his nocturnal assignations really did involve his only daughter. 'I said to her: 'Listen! There are no other women!'

Jane and Mitch had begun their affair while he was married to Janis, a pharmacist, with whom he had Amy and her brother, Alex.

During the dalliance Mitch made no real effort to disguise his feelings for Jane and brazenly brought her home on Friday nights for Jewish family suppers.

Eventually, Janis had enough and took Amy and Alex into her car and drove to Jane's flat to confront the lovers.

Janis and Mitch pictured with Amy in 2008