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London - Amy Winehouse's parents visited the tributes laid to the British soul singer as they awaited a post-mortem on Monday which should determine how the 27-year-old died.
Taxi driver Mitch Winehouse and his wife Janis went to see the growing collection of flowers, messages and candles laid outside their daughter's home in Camden Square, north London.
Mitch Winehouse, who flew back from New York after hearing of his daughter's death on Saturday, could barely speak as he was consoled by fans and well-wishers.
"Thank-you for coming. This means so much to my family," he said, his voice cracking with emotion.
'I'm speechless'
Winehouse was particularly close to her father, a jazz aficionado, who inspired her love of music by singing to her when she was a child.
"You people in the street, I can't tell you what this means to us. It really is making this a lot easier for us," he said.
"Amy was about one thing and that was love. Her whole life was devoted to her family and her friends.
"We're devastated and I'm speechless."
The singer's mother was in tears when she looked at the tributes and took pictures of them on her mobile phone.
Speculation
Police said the post-mortem would be conducted on Monday at the nearby St Pancras Mortuary, with the formal inquest to open and adjourn later at St Pancras Coroner's Court.
Inquests in England establish the identity of the deceased, the place and time of death and how the deceased came by her death.
Toxicology tests can take weeks.
The 27-year-old singer died on Saturday after publicly struggling with drug and alcohol abuse for years.
Police have said the cause of her death is being treated as "unexplained," and have said speculation that she might have suffered an overdose is "inappropriate."
Taxi driver Mitch Winehouse and his wife Janis went to see the growing collection of flowers, messages and candles laid outside their daughter's home in Camden Square, north London.
Mitch Winehouse, who flew back from New York after hearing of his daughter's death on Saturday, could barely speak as he was consoled by fans and well-wishers.
"Thank-you for coming. This means so much to my family," he said, his voice cracking with emotion.
'I'm speechless'
Winehouse was particularly close to her father, a jazz aficionado, who inspired her love of music by singing to her when she was a child.
"You people in the street, I can't tell you what this means to us. It really is making this a lot easier for us," he said.
"Amy was about one thing and that was love. Her whole life was devoted to her family and her friends.
"We're devastated and I'm speechless."
The singer's mother was in tears when she looked at the tributes and took pictures of them on her mobile phone.
Speculation
Police said the post-mortem would be conducted on Monday at the nearby St Pancras Mortuary, with the formal inquest to open and adjourn later at St Pancras Coroner's Court.
Inquests in England establish the identity of the deceased, the place and time of death and how the deceased came by her death.
Toxicology tests can take weeks.
The 27-year-old singer died on Saturday after publicly struggling with drug and alcohol abuse for years.
Police have said the cause of her death is being treated as "unexplained," and have said speculation that she might have suffered an overdose is "inappropriate."
