On Feb. 4, 1983, singer-musician Karen Carpenter died in Downey, Calif., at age 32, after years of suffering from anorexia nervosa.
Karen and her brother, Richard, formed the 1970s duo The Carpenters. She was a drummer of exceptional skill, but she is best remembered for her vocal performances of idealistic romantic ballads of true love. The Carpenters signature song is "We've Only Just Begun" which remains a popular wedding ballad.
She suffered from anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder of extreme weight loss dieting, which was a little-known illness at the time. Although she had begun recovery with a doctor supervised program and regained 30 lbs, permanent damage to her body had been sustained from the years of extreme weight loss dieting and she died at the age of 32. Her death was attributed to heart failure, from complications related to her illness, which caused her to believe mistakenly that she needed to lose weight.
"Love Me For What I Am" - One Of My Favorites
Back In 1991, I Wrote a Fan Letter To Richard Telling Him How Much I Loved The Carpenters Music and Was So Excited When I Received an Autographed Photo in The Mail. It Was a Few Years Later That I Realized Richard Got My Letter and Replied With The Signed Photo Exactly Eight Years to the Day Karen Died.
One More Time................
Hey Brandon
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you still check this, but today here in NZ, it is the 2nd of March+yes Karen's birthday!!! :D I am thinking of the Carpenters' today too even though tomorrow is the 2nd of March in 'their timezone' I'm playing alot of their songs+would love to know the address to write to Richard myself. Can you please help me? Would be great. Cheers.
RIP KC. The Carpenters music is still very much alive today+always will be+forever remembered.
Take care.
Manz from NZ