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28-05-2011, 11:30
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Interesting to note though about a newspaper article describing her as chubby and then her dieting started. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Carpenter |
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28-05-2011, 12:25
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Many websites say that her husband bled her dry and she was due to file divorce papers on the very day she suddenly died. How convenient for him!
It seems her relationship with her mother was very strained, and the family demanded lots of cuts and amendments to CBS's Karen Carpenter film, including adding a totally false "lovey dovey" ending. How sad. http://morethancoping.wordpress.com/...en-to-anorexia http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/c..._carpenter.htm |
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28-05-2011, 12:45
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To all those here interested in The Carpenters, I can highly recommend Ray Coleman's The Carpenters - The Untold Story, originally published in 1995: although it's not an authorised book as such, the family, notably Richard, helped out considerably, even though it pulled no punches on such topics as Richard's Quaalude addiction or Karen's marriage.
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28-05-2011, 14:52
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I do remember reading that the hospital where she was taken to uncovered a lot of unsavoury stuff that their lawyer wanted to go public with. The legal might of the Carpenters (as in Richard and the mother) put an end to this.
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28-05-2011, 16:10
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28-05-2011, 20:11
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Can I have the pm about the mysterious circumstances too please?
I love the carpenters and Karen had such a lovely voice. |
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28-05-2011, 20:27
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could i have the pm too please?
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28-05-2011, 21:05
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maybe I understood it wrong but, I thought she was in love with her brother?
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28-05-2011, 21:05
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28-05-2011, 21:05
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I would also like a PM if possible, many thanks
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28-05-2011, 21:58
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Can I have a pm too. Been a Carpenters fan since the early seventies and Karen is my all time favourite female singer.
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28-05-2011, 23:18
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Please could I have a PM aswell
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28-05-2011, 23:46
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Can you pm me the mysterious circumstances too please.
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28-05-2011, 23:48
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Could someone kindly pm too please.
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28-05-2011, 23:56
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Richard was very creepy and the story I heard was that he was in love with her and jealous of her husband. I've got no idea where I heard this though and it was many, many years ago. |
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28-05-2011, 23:57
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Could I have a PM too please?
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28-05-2011, 23:59
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28-05-2011, 23:59
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5 stone when she died. Tragic.
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29-05-2011, 00:17
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Can I have a pm too please
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29-05-2011, 08:36
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i still cant get my head round how she managed to hide it from everyone for so long - some of the final clips of her it is very obvious she's skeletal and there's a big problem.
i think her marriage was also a contributory factor to her unhappiness. |
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29-05-2011, 09:29
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I seem to have the opposite opinion of Karen Carpenter.
She was a wonderful singer of very melodic songs. I can remember reading several articles that she was very possesive of her brother and tried to come between any relationship he tried to have, through jealousy or spite. I do not therefore have this sweet and sacharin view of her, in fact she was portrayed as a very bitter woman. I havent seen the film of her life but there must have been some cover up of her feelings and behaviour during her career. That is to say, I love her music. |
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29-05-2011, 09:33
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29-05-2011, 09:35
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29-05-2011, 10:36
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Could I have a pm too please, I've always been a huge Carpenters fan.
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