Amy Winehouse: private funeral

Tributes to the late singer Amy Winehouse outside her north London home. Her family has held a private funeral. Photograph: Ian Nicholson/PA
Amy Winehouse's family have held a private funeral for the singer, who was found dead on Saturday at the age of 27. Hundreds of people paid their last respects to the troubled singer at the Edgwarebury cemetery in north London. The service, which included prayers in English and Hebrew, ended with a rendition of So Far Away by Carole King, Winehouse's favourite song. A eulogy by Mitch Winehouse, Amy's father, ended with the words: "Goodnight, my angel. Sleep tight. Mummy and Daddy love you ever so much." A spokesman for the family said Mr Winehouse "told some great stories from childhood about how headstrong she was, and clearly the family and friends recognised the stories and laughed along". "He stressed so many times she was happier now than she had ever been and he spoke about her boyfriend and paid tribute to a lot of people in her life." Among the guests at the service were the stylist Alex Foden, who has been credited with creating Winehouse's trademark beehive hairdo, producer Mark Ronson and singer Kelly Osbourne. After the service, which was led by Rabbi Frank Hellner, Winehouse's body was taken to Golders Green crematorium, where her grandmother was cremated. The family will hold a two-day shiva - a traditional period of mourning in the Jewish faith. Alfie Ezekiel, a friend of her father's, said: "Mitch gave a very good eulogy and he managed to get through it very well, considering." Ezekiel said the service, during which Mr Winehouse was the only family member to speak, was joyful and celebrated the 27-year-old singer's life. "It was very moving," he said, adding that . between 300 and 400 mourners attended the service. Guests left clutching pictures of the star. A postmortem examination carried out on Monday failed to establish the cause of her death. Further toxicology tests will be carried out, with a definitive result expected in two to four weeks.