Winehouse was more than ‘Rehab’ caricature  NEW YORK (AP) - Amy
Winehouse hadn’t released an album in four years, hadn’t had a
hit in just as long, and when she performed on stage, the
headlines she usually drew were for atrocious performances. She
was an addict who, like so many performers before her, let her
talents fall prey to a drugged-up lifestyle.  Still, she
transfixed. Tabloids chronicled her many tribulations, and fans
patiently waited for a third album, knowing that with that
amazing voice, along with her bitterly honest lyrics, she could
eventually return to form and be that riveting singer-songwriter
who captured the world’s attention with the self-revelatory
“Rehab.”  But on Saturday, as Winehouse’s body was removed from
her London apartment, it became clear that that much-anticipated
rebirth from the depths of ruin would not occur.  With
Winehouse’s death at age 27 _ joining the ranks of drug-addled
rock stars Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Jim
Morrison, who died at the same age _