I loved them on the radio. I was at Las Vegas one time and was able to catch the live show. It was not too much longer that Karen died. She was vibrant and her songs just made you feel so very good. Perhaps the most pleasant songs of all times. Anyway, check out the story. If you are interested look up her name on you tube and get ready for some joy in your life. I would appreciate others who also saw them perform letting me know. Her brother was also vital to the group but he did not pass away from an eating problem as she did.
Supposidly, They were doing speed, and when meth came on the scene Karen got into it. It reduced her to a shell, 70 years old. The last picture taken of her, speaks volumes.
Karen died as a young woman. She suffered problems called a eating disorder. Karen Carpenter - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Carpenter Jump to Illness and death - Carpenter had the eating disorder anorexia nervosa, which was little known at the time, and was briefly married in the early 1980s. She died at age 32 from heart failure caused by complications related to her illness; her death led to increased visibility and awareness of eating disorders.
