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Karen Carpenter: Cause of Death, Love Life, and Legacy

On a winter morning in 1983, the voice that defined a generation fell silent. Karen Carpenter, whose warm contralto sold over 100 million records with the Carpenters, was found unresponsive at her parents’ home in Downey, California, at just 32; the official cause of death—anorexia nervosa—shocked a world that had watched her perform but never … Read more