Why Amy Winehouse's death left jazz legend Tony Bennett 'so shocked'... as he recalls a 'good conversation' the pair had just days before her passing
They recorded their smash hit Body And Soul in March 2011, four months before Amy Winehouse passed away.
Now, five years on and jazz legend Tony Bennett has opened up about the singer's death and the advice he wishes he had told her sooner.
During an interview with Insider, the 90-year-old recalled the moment he found out she had died, saying he 'was so shocked' by the news he just 'started crying'.
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Friendship: Jazz legend Tony Bennett has opened up about the death of Amy Winehouse and the advice he wishes he had told her sooner
After hearing the singer had been feeling run-down, the jazz legend say the pair had a 'good conversation' before the then 28-year-old took a few days off from their project.
However, Tony says he never got the chance to tell Amy what he really wanted her know, revealing: 'I was going to tell her to slow down and take care of herself, to enjoy the success and not let it ruin her'.
'But I never got the chance to tell her, it was too late,' he added.
Amy died of alcohol poisoning at her north London home on July 23, 2011.
Tony described Amy's passing as 'one of the saddest things that ever happened in my life' while he labelled her as 'very special' and 'so talented'.
Regret: He added: 'I was going to tell her to slow down and take care of herself, to enjoy the success and not let it ruin her. But I never got the chance to tell her, it was too late'
Meeting: Tony and Amy met four months before her death, when they recorded their smash hit Body And Soul together
'I'd never heard anyone sing so well...a beautiful singer,' he gushed about his close friend.
Back in 2011, Tony opened up about Amy's death for the first time, labelling it as a 'tragedy'.
'What I wanted to do, I wanted to stop her, I wanted to tell her that many years ago I was naughty also with some drugs,' he explained to E! News at the time.
'[Jack Rollins] said one sentence that changed my life: He said, "He sinned against his talent"...I wanted to tell her [Amy] that but I had to leave because we were touring all over the world making this album, and I never got a chance to do it.'
Shock: During his latest interview, the 90-year-old recalled the moment he found out she had died, saying he 'was so shocked' by the news he just 'started crying'
The cause: Amy died in July 2011 and two years after her death, it was revealed she had died from alcohol poisoning
Two years after her death, it was revealed she had spent her final hours drinking vodka alone in her bedroom and watching YouTube videos of herself.
A second inquest into the 27-year-old's death revealed she had drunk so much that she stopped breathing and fell into a coma.
The inquest was re-heard because the coroner at the first hearing did not have the correct qualifications.
Sadden: Back in 2011, Tony opened up about Amy's death for the first time, labelling it as a 'tragedy'
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