Karen Carpenter's brother Richard shares a favorite memory of the 'Superstar': 'It was all happening so fast'
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Karen Carpenter, known for her hit songs "Close to You," "We've Only Just Begun" and "Rainy Days and Mondays" with the Carpenters, passed away in 1983 at age 32.
"This was not even a year after ‘Close to You’ had been released," the singer/songwriter told Fox News. "It was all happening so fast. And here we are up on stage with the show being broadcast on CBS. Karen was so excited that she tugged on my tux."
"We weren’t that much more than kids really," he shared. "I was 23 and she had just turned 20. It all truly occurred overnight. We weren’t known one day and then the next, we were on so many radio stations and our songs were getting repeated airplay that you just kept hearing it over and over. But I still remember that moment, when she tugged on my tux."