On this day (February 4) in 1983, Karen Carpenter died of a cardiac arrest in her parents’ Downey, California, home at the age of 32. She gained fame as the drummer and vocalist for the Carpenters, ...

As much as I hated The Carpenters as a kid is how much I delight in hearing them now. And of course, when one says The Carpenters, they really mean Karen, Yet it was her brother, Richard, who was the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Karen Carpenter reportedly disliked the 1975 Carpenters song "Solitaire" so much she refused to perform it live. After Karen's ...

Karen Carpenter reportedly disliked the 1975 Carpenters song "Solitaire" so much she refused to perform it live. According to the YouTube channel Professor of Rock, the brother and sister duo were ...

Shirley Lee Carpenter Carpenter, age 89, of JE Carpenter Road in Lincolnton, North Carolina, passed away on Saturday, January 10, 2026. Mrs. Carpenter was born October 16, 1936, in Gaston County, ...

Karen Carpenter gave her final performance to a tiny, intimate crowd just weeks before her untimely death at 32. Unlike the grand arenas and packed theaters where The Carpenters usually performed, ...

Midland Center for the Arts will welcome Close to You: The Music of The Carpenters to its main auditorium on March 20, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. Led by singer and playwright Lisa Rock and her six-piece band, ...

In the 1970s and early 1980s, The Carpenters were one of America’s best-loved musical acts. Karen Carpenter’s mellifluous contralto vocals and brother Richard Carpenter’s multilayered musical ...

Karen Carpenter passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at the age of 79, at Country Meadows of Frederick. Born in 1946 to Mary Smith and Robert Brown, Karen spent her early years as a proud ...