Singer Amy Winehouse was laid to rest today in a private funeral attended by her family and close friends.
There was a heavy security presence outside Edgwarebury Cemetery in north London cemetery as the 200 guests made their way inside.
Winehouse’s bandmates, Zalon and Heshima Thompson, were among the select group included in the private ceremony which, according to Jewish law, had to take place as soon as possible after the star’s death.
Music producer Mark Ronson and TV star Kelly Osbourne were among the mourners seen arriving.
The singer was later cremated at Golders Green Crematorium
Police revealed yesterday they will have to wait up to four weeks for the results of toxicology tests to establish the 27-year-old’s cause of death. A postmortem examination carried out into the star’s death yesterday was inconclusive.
An inquest was opened and adjourned until October 26th, but no cause of death was given.
The circumstances around her death were described as “non-suspicious” by the coroner’s office.
Yesterday, her grieving parents made an emotional visit to see the tributes left outside her home in Camden, North London, where she was found dead on Saturday.
Mitch and Janis Winehouse sobbed as they looked at the flowers, candles, cuddly toys, cigarette boxes and alcoholic drinks left at the edge of police cordons surrounding the singer’s house.
Mr Winehouse, who flew back from New York after hearing the news of his daughter’s death, told a crowd gathered outside that they were “devastated”, adding: “You people in the street, I can’t tell you what this means to us - it really is making this a lot easier for us.”
Winehouse battled drink and drug problems throughout her career, and news of her death was quickly followed by suggestions that it could be related to one or the other.
The troubled artist had cancelled all tour dates and engagements last month after a series of erratic public appearances. She was booed at a shambolic performance in Serbia.
PA