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Lily Allen's mum Alison Owen admits she feared the star would meet the same tragic end as Amy Winehouse at height of her drink and drug battles


Lily Allen's mother Alison Owen has voiced her fears that her daughter would meet the same ill-fate as her music contemporary Amy Winehouse.

Ahead of the release of a biopic about the late star, who passed away in 2011 from alcohol poisoning, the producer spoke about her fears for her famous child, who has battled well-documented demons with substance. She said: 'Lily fitted the bill because, early in her success, her role model was her dad [the 'hell-raising' actor Keith Allen]... She'd seen him idolised for swearing, taking drugs and being drunk in the Groucho Club... Ahead of the release of a biopic about the late star, who passed away in 2011 from alcohol poisoning, the producer spoke about her fears for her famous child, who has battled well-documented demons with substance (Amy in 2006)

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