Amy Winehouse's Mom Wonders Whether Tragic Star May Have Had Tourette Syndrome

As a sparky and outspoken child, Amy Winehouse caused havoc at her North London school.
But as her mom Janis Winehouse-Collins thinks back on the daughter who lived up her to her nickname 'Hurricane Amy',
she tells PEOPLE that she wonders whether the star singer may have suffered from the neurological disorder Tourette Syndrome, which is characterized by physical and vocal tics.

"She could well have been almost Tourette's, where she would just shout things out," says Janis, 60. "We just do not know."

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The "Back to Black" singer died from alcohol poisoning at age 27 in 2011. Janis has written a new memoir, Loving Amy: A Mother's Story, as a way to remember the girl she raised and adored before her descent into alcohol and drug addiction.people