From Loss To Remembrance: Karen Carpenter's Eternal Rest

Webwhen she slimmed down from 145 to 120 lbs. , her friends and family praised her weight loss. It was only after her weight continued to plummet, dropping to a skeletal 90 lbs. Webyet in 1983 karen carpenter died suddenly from heart failure, the result of years of suffering with anorexia nervosa. Karen's death brought significant media attention to anorexia nervosa and related conditions like bulimia nervosa, which were little known. Weblearn about the tragic end of karen carpenter, the singer of the carpenters, who died of heart failure in 1983 at 32.

Webtoday in 1983, karen carpenter died of heart failure, a complication of her anorexia nervosa. Though her life ended too soon, she and her brother,. Webretronewser reports on the funeral of karen carpenter, the singer of the carpenters, who died of cardiac arrest at age 32 in 1983. The funeral was attended by.