R.I.P – Amy Winehouse statue unveiled in London – Late singer’s father hugs statue, shares touching message – See photos and message

Amy Winehouse was honored with a bronze statue made in her likeness on Sunday, Sept. 14.
Her father, Mitch Winehouse, attended the public unveiling of the figure, located in his late daughter’s former northern London neighborhood of Camden, with his wife and her mother, Janis Winehouse.

“It’s a day of incredibly mixed emotions, ladies and gentlemen,” Mitch told reporters, according to the U.K. newspaper The Telegraph.
“They don’t put statues up to people that are with us anymore, so it kind reinforces the fact that physically, she’s gone. But spiritually, she’ll never leave us.”
Camden is home to many musicians and other artists. Winehouse gave her final performance there prior to her death. The unveiling of her statue took place near the neighborhood’s famous Stables Market, one of several of its street markets popular with tourists.
“Camden meant a lot to Amy and vice versa,” Mitch told The Independent newspaper. “To have her forever standing at the heart of the hustle and bustle of that area just fits.”
He said in a Facebook post published a day earlier that “now Amy will oversee the comings & goings of her home town forever.”
R.I.P Amy Winehouse.