Wednesday 24th July 2013 by Andrew Trendell | Photos by WENN

 

Fans from around the world gathered to pay their respects and leave tributes to Amy Winehouse and mark the anniversary of her death yesterday (Tuesday 23 July).

Letters, photos, flowers and much more were left by the trees that line outside of the late star's home in Camden Square in London, two years after the Back To Black star passed away following a drinking binge. 

Local newspaper The Camden New Journal reports that Fernanda Mendes, 19, from Sao Paulo in Brazil planned her family holiday to London to coincide with the anniversary: “I am the biggest Amy Winehouse fan in the world. She had soul and attitude that very few singers have nowadays. She was what my generation were waiting for, someone who was not manufactured by anybody else. She showed me having a fiery personality could be beautiful, but nowadays female singers are only considered beautiful if they do what everybody else wants them to do.

“Many singers can't even read the music for their own songs. Amy was the opposite, all she cared about was writing her own songs, she didn't care about the rest of the things, like her public image.”

Fans laying tributes outside Amy Winehouse's home yesterday

Neighbours of the property say that 'hundreds' of fans visited the square throughout the day to leave flowers and cards. 

Fans also took to Twitter to pay their respects:
 

Can't believe it was 2 years yesterday for amy winehouse, wish she was still here @mitchwinehouse,might start a sleeve of with her picture x

— Jade rylan lawton (@jayde_1996jj) July 24, 2013

RIP Amy Winehouse 😔💔 September 14th, 1983 - July 23rd, 2011. I miss you. Gone too soon. pic.twitter.com/OVDx1V1Gyd

— Tia. (@TiaRyelle) July 23, 2013

RIP @amywinehouse 2 years gone but never forgotten!

— Indiana (@Indianathegirl) July 23, 2013

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