Amy’s ex on life support

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(File image) Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil in 2007.

THE ex-husband of Amy Winehouse was fighting for his life in hospital last night following an apparent drink and drugs binge.

Blake Fielder-Civil was put into a medically induced coma after being treated for multiple organ failure and remains on a life-support machine.

But his girlfriend Sarah Aspin, the mother of his 15-month-old son Jack, said she believed he was beginning to wake up in the hospital in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

Fielder-Civil, 30, who has long battled drug addiction, was found choking in bed by Miss Aspin last Friday – just weeks after the first anniversary of Miss Winehouse’s death.

The 34-year-old, who met him in rehab, said: ‘He needs to come out of this, if not for me or himself then for Jack. Jack is only young but knows something is wrong.

‘He has been calling for his dadda. I’m praying for him and would ask everybody to do the same. I know he is going to pull through – he keeps waking up.

‘I go down to the hospital every day – it’s heartbreaking to see Blake lying there. The doctors aren’t really giving us any indication of how he is doing.

‘He looks like he is getting there though, bit by bit. He hadn’t been taking heroin and he is not a big drinker so I think he may have been taking tablets and they don’t mix well with alcohol.

‘I just hope he realises that he can’t do this any more. He needs to think of Jack. This has got to be a wake-up call for him.

‘If this doesn’t act as a wake-up call for Blake then I don’t know what will.’

And she revealed that the couple had discussed getting married last week – shortly before he staggered home after a drinking session and collapsed.

She called paramedics, who said Fielder-Civil had swallowed his tongue, choked on vomit and that his left lung was not working.

Last night, Amy’s father Mitch told the singer’s fans to pray for Fielder-Civil, who was released from prison two weeks ago after being jailed in June last year for burglary and possession of an imitation firearm.

Mr Winehouse tweeted: ‘Terrible news about Blake this morning. Remember Amy loved him. Let’s pray for his recovery. Mitch.’

Miss Winehouse met Fielder-Civil, a music video assistant, in a pub in 2005. They married in 2007 before divorcing two years later.

Miss Winehouse, who also struggled with drug addiction, was found dead on July 23 last year at her home in Camden, North London, aged just 27.

A corner found she was more than five times the drink-drive limit and ruled the singer’s death was the result of drinking too much alcohol. - Daily Mail