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New Book Sheds Light on Karen Carpenter's Deadly Anorexia Battle
Independent Journal Review - Faith Tap ^ | November 1, 2023 at 9:46am | By Jessica Marie Baumgartner

Posted on 11/02/2023 9:35:23 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 11/02/2023 9:35:23 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Anybody know if Richard Carpenter s still around?


2 posted on 11/02/2023 9:39:51 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Red Badger

Such a shame. She had a beautiful voice, she was my favorite female vocalist.


3 posted on 11/02/2023 9:40:31 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: telescope115

Goodbye to Love
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4 posted on 11/02/2023 9:45:55 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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To: telescope115

She definitely had a unique voice and her range was exceptional..............


5 posted on 11/02/2023 9:48:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

When the greats “pass on” ... I always wonder what great music we missed. What songs didn’t she sing yet? So Sad.


6 posted on 11/02/2023 9:48:23 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (Accepting a false premise initiates conversational defeat.)
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To: Jim W N

Yes, he’s 77................

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carpenter_(musician)


7 posted on 11/02/2023 9:49:00 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Jim W N

Still with us:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Carpenter_(musician)


8 posted on 11/02/2023 9:49:07 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Red Badger

Just a heartbroken soul with the voice of an angel.


9 posted on 11/02/2023 9:49:56 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: leaning conservative

And no slouch on drums.


10 posted on 11/02/2023 9:51:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

I adored her. She’s still at the top of my list of female pop singers.
1. Karen Carpenter
2. Patsy Cline
3. Aretha Franklin
4. Anne Murray
5. Linda Ronstadt

Opinions vary, I know. That’s kinda my preferred array of sounds.


11 posted on 11/02/2023 9:53:20 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: dfwgator

I always forget that!


12 posted on 11/02/2023 9:55:42 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: Red Badger

I wonder how much of how much of her condition reflected lessons learned from her mother at an early age. Hard to believe that she got into Anorexia without some sort of influence happening in her life.


13 posted on 11/02/2023 9:55:52 AM PDT by Fractal Trader
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To: Migraine

That’s a good list. I differ on one of the list, but I can’t come up with a better replacement.


14 posted on 11/02/2023 9:57:06 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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To: leaning conservative

Even Buddy Rich complemented her drumming.


15 posted on 11/02/2023 9:57:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Migraine

Swap Alison Krause for Murray and Anita Baker for Franklin and I’m with you.


16 posted on 11/02/2023 9:57:39 AM PDT by big truck ("This space intentionally left blank.")
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To: telescope115

She was also a hell of a drummer:

https://youtu.be/QkCb1wxL3kc

Very sad story. May the good Karen RIP.


17 posted on 11/02/2023 9:58:09 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Red Badger

Here’s a great tribute song:

https://youtu.be/JhWrggrJ20I?si=cbb1_CQ8abVMsYbC


18 posted on 11/02/2023 9:58:21 AM PDT by cyclotic (It's a great time to live in America. It's like the collapse of the Roman Empire except with wi-fi)
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To: dfwgator

Yep. My personal fave drummer.


19 posted on 11/02/2023 10:00:11 AM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Red Badger

I always gasp when I look at some of her last TV interviews. She was basically a skeleton with some skin.

I’ve been a huge fan of the Carpenters since I was a kid. Karen’s voice was incredible, and she knew how to use it so beautifully. Richard’s arrangements were incredible as well.


20 posted on 11/02/2023 10:01:06 AM PDT by Restless
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