Washington, Jan 20: Troubled star Amy Winehouse's dad Mitch is happy that his daughter is trying to quit drink and drugs because the pop star almost died twice last year.

The `Rehab' hitmaker's father has claimed that the singer is serious about cleaning up her act in St. Lucia.

And he has now revealed that last year, the stick-thin star came to death at the height of the problems.

"Stories about my troubled daughter are selling newspapers and magazines," Contactmusic quoted him as telling Hello magazine.

He added: "They don''t want her to get better. But she is better. They didn''t see her lying in bed for days in a dark room. She was close to death twice. We have been working a lot to get her to where she is right now."

Meanwhile, reports have come that the 23-year-old singer has been creating chaos at the hotel and has been quite a pain for holiday-makers in St. Lucia. (ANI)