Biography of karen carpenter
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Karen Carpenter
Karen Carpenter | |
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Karen Carpenter, early s | |
| Also known as | The Carpenters |
| Born | Birth date March 2, New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
| Origin | Downey, California |
| Died | Died February 4, Downey, California, United States |
| Genres | Pop, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums, singer |
| Years active | |
| Labels | A&M Records |
| Website | Richard and Karen Carpenter official website |
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, – February 4, ) was an American singer and drummer who was most popular in the 70s. She is known as the singer of the group the Carpenters.
Karen had anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder of extreme weight loss dieting. This was a little-known illness at the time. Although she had begun recovery with a doctor-supervised program and regained 30&#;lbs (14&#;kg), permanent damage to her body had been sustained from the years of extreme weight-loss dieting and she died at the age of The cause of her death was heart failure, from complications related to her illness which caused her to believe mistakenly that she needed to lose weight.[1]
Early life
[change | change source]Karen Carpenter was born at Yale New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut on March 2, to Agnes Reuwer Tatum and Harold Ber
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Karen Carpenter
American singer and drummer (–)
Musical artist
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, – February 4, ) was an American singer and drummer who formed half of the highly successful duo The Carpenters with her older brother Richard.[1] With a distinctive three-octavecontralto range, she was praised by her peers for her vocal skills.[2][3][4][5] Carpenter's work continues to attract praise, including appearing on Rolling Stone's list of the greatest singers of all time.
Carpenter was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Downey, California, in with her family. She began to study the drums in high school and joined the Long Beach State choir after graduating. After several years of touring and recording, the Carpenters were signed to A&M Records in , achieving enormous commercial and critical success throughout the s. 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 , Carpenter started exhibiting symptoms of anorexia nervosa due to the severe pressures of fame and her complicated family dynamics.[1][6][7] She was never able to recover a
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