Photo Credit: Coleman-Rayner - Marjorie Lambert and grand-daughter Dannika

According to The Sunday Mirror  singer Amy Winehouse was in the process of  ‘adopting’ a 10-year-old St Lucian girl before she died suddenly last Saturday.

The troubled singer had started the process of becoming a mum to 10-year-old Dannika Augustine, who she met on the idyllic Caribbean island.

Amy had booked her ticket to visit the schoolgirl next week. The child’s grandmother revealed the singer had already hired lawyers for the adoption, but her plans were cut short by her sudden death last week aged just 27.

Pretty Dannika was living in ­poverty with her single mum, who was ­struggling to feed her, when Amy took her under her wing during one of her many stays on the island over the last two years. Continue Reading….

I raised a skeptical eye brow when I came across this story today, while my mum shouted from the kitchen “money dem want”.

Hmmmm… extremely wealthy singer dies and suddenly everybody has a story to tell. Perhaps I am being too cynical here but it sounds like Grandma and other family members are just angling for a pay-day.

Rest In Peace Amy Winehouse.