Karen Carpenter underwent ‘radical’ anorexia treatment months before death: book
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The Carpenters' singer Karen Carpenter died in 1983 after battling anorexia, and her difficult final months are detailed in a new biography.
In an excerpt from "Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter" by famed music journalist Lucy O'Brien, shared by The Hollywood Reporter, the singer's treatment is described in new detail as well as the days leading up to her death. Emily Trainham is an entertainment editor for Fox News Digital.
In 1982, years after she began showing symptoms of anorexia – a disease that was mostly a mystery at the time – she moved from California to New York in hopes of finding relief.
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