abc's simon mcgregor-wood is in london. ♪ >> reporter: she had a distinctive look.nd a unique sound. rare talent for songwriting made amy winehouse stand out from the crowd. her 2006 album sold 10 million and won 5 grammys. >> the grammy goes to amy winehouse! >> reporter: in march this year, she recorded a duet with tony bennett. tonight, he called her an exceptional talent and said that he had been honored d sing with her. but with the spectacular highs came desperate lows. tonight, she adds her name to tragic list of rock legends dead at the age of 27. janis joplin and kurt cobain. this is the track "rehab." ♪ make me go to rehab >> reporter: a defiaia answer about her refusal to get help. but they were taking her toll. this was her in 2004, this i i just three years later. with the physical decline came arrests for drug possession. seemed to spend as much time in police stations as she did on stage. soon the suicidal lifestyle affected her performance. just last month she was booed off stage here in belgrade. the tour was canceled. her own videos sometimes seem

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abc's simon mcgregor-wood is in london. ♪ we only said good-bye with words ♪ >> reporter: outside her in north london, they gathered to remember and to mourp. the usual tributes and the more unconventional props of a rock star's life. especially this one's. almost a celebration of her self-destructive lifestyle. this handwritten note said, "you are with thehengels now. no more pain. no more torment." all day long, the floral tributes and cards have been arriving at this spot, which is likely to become a shrine for those wanting to remember a life cut tragically short, but also one blessed with great talent. >> i just thought she had the most amazing voice and it's such waste for her to die, you know? >> reporter: lady gaga tweeted today that winehouse changed pop music forever, while admitting she had "lived the blues." amy's father mitch flew back from new york today. a family statement said, "our family has been left bereft by the loss of amy. she leaves a gaping hole in our lives." the family tried their best to support her, helping her through painful spells of rehab. but it wasn'

abc's simon mcgregor-wood is in london. >> reporter: the apology was written and signed by rupert murdoch himself. we are sorry, it said. for the serious wrongdoing that occurred. for the hurt suffered by the individuals affected. and for not acting faster to sort things out. murdoch does not normally do apologies. but not everyone's convinced. >> although, he expressed his regret of what's happened previously, this is, i think by any standards, pretty false. >> reporter: true or false, it's seen as damage control, which has also claimed his two closest lieutenants. rebekah brooks, head of his british newspaper business. and les hinton, head of the dow jones company, and murdoch's right-hand man in the u.s. worked in london at the time of the phone hacking. on tuesday, murdoch and his son, james, will be hauled in front of the cameras for a rare and public questioning by the parliament committee. and across the pond, the fbi is investigating reports that murdoch journalists tried to hack the phones of 9/11 victims. >> what they aught to be concerned about whether or not the american publi

and there was funke brother george mcgregor. and from the audience that could not keep still many grey haired baby boomers who were teenagers in the 60's. -- in the 1960's. of course, there was a lot more to the folklife festival. big exposition -- big exhibits. the peace corps had an exhibit. but for us today, it was mainly about the beach about singing and dancing and words like "shake your money maker." the crowds could not get enough of it. >> some 380,000 people have attended the folklife festival. that attendance was up over last year, although they could not tell me exactly how much. the festival will break tonight and then resumed next thursday the seventh and continue again for four more days through monday, the 11th. >> residents are also showing their patriotic spirit in arlington. >>> that is right, hundreds have gathered to watch the hometown parade. this is the 23rd year for the parade. but residents lined the street early for the area's annual parade. there'll also be able football tournament. the -- wiffle ball t

. >> he's like, ewan mcgregor did it with a sheep in front of him. that's cool.se janet jackson. remember the "rolling stone." >> jimmy: that is exactly what it's like. >> on her boobs and they're on my situation. >> jimmy: this would make a lovely christmas card as well. >> that is my christmas card. >> jimmy: you got your - -you got team adam on "the voice" now and you got to cut it in half tomorrow night. right? that's how it's going to work? the audience cuts it in half? >> america saves one person. then i have to save one myself. >> jimmy: i see. >> those two will advance and then two people haveo go home. it's super stressful. i don't want to have to do that. >> jimmy: that's not fun part of it, isn't it? >> it really is legitimate. i'm not pretending to feel that way. it's really tough because these kids are working so hard. it's hard to say, you have to go now, bye. but they all got good exposure. >> jimmy: not like exposure like this. >> few people have that much exposure. >> jimmy: and then maroon 5, your band, you're going to do a song with christina a

abc's simon mcgregor-wood is among her fans outside her home.imon, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. from camden in north london outside the house where amy winehouse lived and was yesterday found dead at the tender age of 27. it's a house set to become a shrine to her tragically short life and also to the music she left behind. ♪ we only settle by when words -- >> reporter: fans gathered to pay their respects and seek comfort in mourning their loss together. >> in france she had like many, many fans. and this news is really unfortunate. >> reporter: emergency services were called yesterday afternoon, but it was too late. >> on arrival, the officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene. the next of kin have been informed, and i can confirm that the deceased is amy winehouse. ♪ he walks away >> reporter: the cause is not yet known. police say simply it is unexplained, but it is no great surprise. with a distinctive look, the fabulous voice and the songwriting skills came a destructive addi

can the press be trusted in the words of the pccc's first chairman lord mcgregor not to dabble their fingers in the staff of other people's souls. can the police be trusted to investigate wrongdoing without fear or favor? and as i said as we politicians and as the honorable lady be trusted to speak out when wrong is down. for the doweler family -- i will give way in a moment. for the doweler family, let's be honest. until just two weeks ago the honest to all these questions was no. that it was should shame our country so, no, mr. speaker when i read in the newspapers that this is the angst or obsession of a few people in westminster, i say it isn't because it goes to the kind of country we are. and it goes directly to something else as well. we hear a lot and we talk about on both sides of the house about the responsibilities of without power in britain. those on benefits, for example, and we all use the language, cheats, abusers, languages like that. you even saw that language in the "news of the world" and some are true in the respect of a minority. but how much let's be honest abo