Grammy-Winning Singer Has Emphysema

Singer Amy Winehouse was diagnosed with severe lung damage and diminished lung capacity, says the Associated Press: 'Winehouse damaged her lungs by smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes, her father said in an interview published Sunday. The Sunday Mirror quoted Mitch Winehouse as saying that Amy has an early stage emphysema and an irregular heartbeat, and has been warned that she will have to wear an oxygen mask unless she stops smoking drugs. "The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs, it won't just ruin her voice, it will kill her," Mitch Winehouse was quoted as saying.'

Winehouse is only 24 years old.