Video: 'Karen Carpenter Dies 2.4.1983 T.V. Coverage 001 by Ken Bertwell Jerry Dunphy'

(Friday, February 4, 1983, 9:51 a.m. PST) — Singer and drummer Karen Carpenter, who blended her silky voice with her brother Richard to record more than two dozen hits as the Carpenters, died today of heart failure due to complications from anorexia nervosa. She was 32. Continue reading Singer Karen Carpenter, 32, dies of heart failure due to complications from anorexia nervosa 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 4 1983) →