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Karen Carpenter

American singer and drummer

Karen Carpenter

Born:March 2, 1950

Died:February 4, 1983

Age at death:32

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Anorexia Nervosa

Zodiac Sign:Pisces

Born in:Yale – New Haven Hospital, United States

Buried in:United States

Languages:English

Jazz MusicianDrummerSinger

Links

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Famous For

Bands

The Carpenters

Movies & TV

A Christmas Portrait TV SpecialThe Carpenters: Music, Music, Music

Songs & Albums

Karen CarpenterLooking for Love

Biography

Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and drummer of the highly successful duo the Carpenters, formed with her older brother Richard. With a distinctive three-octave contralto range, she was praised by her peers for her vocal skills. Carpenter appeared on Rolling Stone's 2010 list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. Carpenter was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Downey, California, in 1963 with her family. She began to study the drums in high school and joined the Long Beach State choir in college. After several years touring and recording, the Carpenters were signed to A&M Records in 1969, when Karen was 19 years old. They achieved enormous commercial and critical success throughout the 1970s. Initially, Carpenter was the band's full-time drummer, but she gradually took the role of frontwoman as her drumming was reduced to a handful of live showcases or tracks on albums. In 1975, Carpenter started exhibiting symptoms of anorexia nervosa due to the severe pressures of fame and her complicated family dynamics. She never recovered and died at the age of 32 in 1983 from complications related to her disorder, which was little known outside celebrity circles at the time. Carpenter's death sparked worldwide attention and research into eating disorders and body dysmorphia. Interest in her life and death has produced numerous documentaries and films.

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Karen Carpenter in the White House, August 1, 1972

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The Carpenters, Karen and Richard, onstage at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles

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President Richard Nixon with Karen and Richard Carpenter, 8/1/1972

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Frank Pooler with Karen and Richard Carpenter.

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Publicity photo of Karen and Richard Carpenter

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Trade ad for the Carpenters' single "Please Mr. Postman". To better adapt it to his respective Wikipedia article, the ad was cropped and cleaned in a graphics editing program. The original can be viewed at the source below

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Richard Nixon (edited out of the photo) meeting with Karen and Richard Carpenter, 08/01/1972

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Publicity photo of Karen and Richard Carpenter c. 1973

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Publicity photo of Karen Carpenter from Billboard, November 1973* There are no copyright markings as can be seen at the full view link. A&M did not mark this special ad section with copyright mark(s); the Billboard copyright covers editorial content only-not advertisements, which would need to have their own copyrights for protection. These pages are marked "Special Section sponsored by The Carpenters" at page bottoms. see page 14 Special section for mark. The ad is not covered by any copyrights for Billboard. US Copyright Office page 3-magazines are collective works (PDF) "A notice for the collective work will not serve as the notice for advertisements inserted on behalf of persons other than the copyright owner of the collective work. These advertisements should each bear a separate notice in the name of the copyright owner of the advertisement."

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