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Karen Carpenter
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer. She and her brother, Richard, formed the 1970s duo The Carpenters. Although her skills as a drummer earned admiration from drumming luminaries and peers, she is best known for her vocal performances. She had a contralto vocal range.
Carpenter suffered from anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder which was little known at the time. She died at age 32 from heart failure caused by complications related to her illness.〔VH1, ''Behind the Music: Carpenters'' (1998).〕 Carpenter's death led to increased visibility and awareness of eating disorders.〔Coleman, p.330.〕
==Early life==
Karen Anne Carpenter was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the daughter of Agnes Reuwer (née Tatum) (March 5, 1915 – November 10, 1996) and Harold Bertram Carpenter (November 8, 1908 – October 15, 1988).〔Coleman, Ray. ''The Carpenters: The Untold Story'' (HarperCollins, 1994), pp. 29-33.〕 When she was young, she enjoyed playing baseball with other children on the street. On the TV program ''This Is Your Life'', she stated that she liked pitching〔This Is Your Life, 1970〕 and later, in the early 1970s, she would become the pitcher on the Carpenters' official softball team.〔E! Channel, "True Hollywood Story - Karen Carpenter"〕 Her brother Richard developed an interest in music at an early age, becoming a piano prodigy. The family moved in June 1963 to the Los Angeles suburb of Downey.
When Carpenter entered Downey High School, she joined the school band. Bruce Gifford, the conductor (who had previously taught her older brother) gave her the glockenspiel, an instrument she disliked and after admiring the performance of her friend, Frankie Chavez (who idolized famous jazz drummer Buddy Rich), she asked if she could play the drums instead. She and her brother made their first recordings in 1965 and 1966. The following year she began dieting. Under a doctor's guidance she went on the Stillman Diet. She rigorously ate lean foods, drank eight glasses of water a day, and avoided fatty foods. She was 5' 4" (163 cm) in height and before dieting weighed and afterwards weighed until 1973, when the Carpenters' career reached its peak. By September 1975, her weight was .
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