Singer Amy Winehouse's mother Janis says she wanted to make sure her daughter looked like a superstar at her funeral.
The Rehab hitmaker, who died at her north London home in July at the age of 27, was famed for her heavy eye make-up and her beehive hairstyle and Janis was keen for her to have her trademark look before she was cremated, Femalefirst reported.
So before she was put in her coffin, two of her assistants made sure her make-up was perfect, put her famous black beehive wig on her head and dressed her in a short yellow dress.
"It was an act of love. She went out looking like the superstar the whole world fell in love with," Janis said.
After being given the tragic news that her beloved daughter had died, Janis went to visit Amy's body at a coroner's office in London so she could say goodbye.
"It was only then, when I looked at Amy's body, that it dawned on me that she'd gone. She looked peaceful, at rest, beautiful. But as I gazed at her, Amy aged nine flashed into my head," her mother reminiscenced .
"When she was young I'd scream at the bottom of the stairs, calling for her to get up for school. 'Amy wake up! Amy wake up!', I'd shout. No answer," she added.
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