Luke Macgregor/Reuters Amy Winehouse performing at the Glastonbury Festival in England on June 28, 2008.More than a year since the death of Amy Winehouse, the sideshow surrounding her demise and the investigation into it has yet to subside. Officials in London said that a new inquest would be held into Ms. Winehouse's death next month because the coroner who conducted the original examination lacked proper qualifications, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Winehouse, the Grammy-winning soul singer who performed hit songs like “Rehab†and “Valerie,†was found dead in her apartment in the London borough of Camden on July 23, 2011.
An inquest held in October 2011 said that Ms. Winehouse, 27, had died from accidental alcohol poisoning. But Suzanne Greenaway, the assistant deputy coroner who oversaw the examination, resigned the following month amid questions about her qualifications and whether she had worked the required number of years in her field before assuming her position. Her husband, Andrew Reid, who was the coroner for the area of London that includes Camden and had appointed Ms. Greenaway to her post, was suspended and resigned this month, The A.P. said.
The new inquest for Ms. Winehouse will be held on Jan. 8. A spokesman for the Winehouse family told The A.P. that the family had not requested the new examination.
