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Karen Carpenter
Karen Anne Carpenter 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.
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entertainment · American singer and drummer (1950–1983) · singer · jazz musician · drummer · also Karen Carpenter, Karen Anne Carpenter, Carpenter
Born 2 March 1950 · Died 4 February 1983 · Q1250861
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NPR Illinois: HAIRSPRAY at HOOGLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS we hear from Sophie Carpenter and Matt Woodson
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2026· 10 entries
NPR Illinois: HAIRSPRAY at HOOGLAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS we hear from Sophie Carpenter and Matt Woodson
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The Guardian: Afternoon Update: Spain claim World Cup glory; Derryn Hinch farewelled; and how John Carpenter learned to shock
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The Guardian: ‘Everything I know about evil I learned in that small town’: John Carpenter on terrifying the world with Halloween, The Thing and The Fog
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2021· 1 entry
Long-time Carpenters historian Chris May and Associated Press entertainment journalist Mike Cidoni Lennox published Carpenters: The Musical Legacy, based on interviews with Richard Carpenter
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2010· 2 entries
Rolling Stone ranked Carpenter No
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Which included a foreword by Dionne Warwick
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1999· 1 entry
VH1 ranked Carpenter at No
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “Karen Carpenter”.
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The complete solo album, titled Karen Carpenter, was released as originally intended
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1994· 1 entry
The Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center opened, located next to the music department at the California State University, Long Beach; Karen and Richard were both students at the university and donors to it
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1990· 1 entry
After Haynes lost a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Richard Carpenter
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1989· 2 entries
The similarly titled made-for-TV movie The Karen Carpenter Story aired on CBS with Cynthia Gibb in the title role
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After Karen Carpenter's death, a portion of the solo album was commercially released when Richard's remixes of some of its tracks were included on the album Lovelines, the final album of previously unreleased material fr
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1987· 1 entry
A 43-minute film titled Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, directed by Todd Haynes, was released, and featured Barbie dolls as the characters
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1983· 7 entries
Eight months after her death, the Carpenters received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Discounted drug overdose, attributing Carpenter's death to "emetine cardiotoxicity due to or as a consequence of anorexia nervosa"
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Carpenter was scheduled to sign papers to finalize her divorce
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Died 1983-02-04.
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Carpenter saw Richard for the last time and discussed plans for the group, including touring
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At a gathering of past Grammy Award winners who were commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Grammys
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From complications related to her disorder, which was little known outside celebrity circles at the time
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1982· 2 entries
Performed in public for the last time as she sang Christmas carols for her godchildren, their classmates, and other friends at the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California
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While she was a patient at Lenox Hill Hospital
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1981· 1 entry
After release of the Made in America album, which was their last, the Carpenters returned to the stage and went on some promotional tours, including an appearance for the BBC program Nationwide
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1980· 2 entries
In the Crystal Room of the Beverly Hills Hotel
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Karen performed a medley of standards in a duet with Ella Fitzgerald on the Carpenters' television program Music, Music, Music
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1979· 1 entry
While Richard took a year off to treat his addiction, Karen started recording in New York for a solo album with the producer Phil Ramone
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1976· 2 entries
Carpenter bought two Century City apartments that she combined into one, and the doorbell chimed the opening notes of "We've Only Just Begun
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Said that the music business created difficulty in meeting people and that she refused to wed simply for the sake of being married
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1975· 1 entry
Carpenter started exhibiting symptoms of anorexia nervosa due to the severe pressures of fame and her complicated family dynamics
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1974· 1 entry
And later wore a T-shirt with the nickname during live shows
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1973· 1 entry
The albums tended to have Carpenter singing more and drumming less, and she became the focal point of all records and live performances
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1968· 1 entry
The Dick Carpenter Trio also appeared on the TV talent show Your All American College Show, performing "Dancing in the Street" with Carpenter playing the drums and singing
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1967· 2 entries
Carpenter released her first solo record, "Looking for Love" / "I'll Be Yours," on Osborn's Magic Lamp label
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Jacobs left the trio to study at the Juilliard School, and the Carpenter siblings were keen to try out other musical styles
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1965· 1 entry
Karen, Richard, and his college friend Wes Jacobs, a bassist and tuba player, formed the Dick Carpenter Trio
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1964· 1 entry
Carpenter entered Downey High School at age 14 and was a year younger than her classmates
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1950· 2 entries
At Grace New Haven Hospital (now called Yale New Haven Hospital) in New Haven, Connecticut, the daughter of Agnes Reuwer (March 5, 1915 – November 10, 1996) and Harold Bertram Carpenter (November 8, 1908 – October 15, 19
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Born 1950-03-02.
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