On Feb. 4, 1983, singer Karen Carpenter fell victim to heart failure ... "It was sickening," she told PEOPLE after getting back on her feet the next year. "Suddenly it wasn't fun anymore." ...

Karen Carpenter's battle with anorexia nervosa ... and swelling of the hands, face and feet. Treatment focuses on therapy and self-help groups to encourage healthy eating and coping mechanisms.

RANDY L. SCHMIDT, a longtime fan of the soft-rock group the Carpenters, set out years ago to fill in "the missing pieces" of the Karen Carpenter story. The result of his research and interviews ...

The Carpenters are cool. I don’t care that their music was “easy-listening”, and ok, they weren’t exactly Lennon and McCartney or Simon and Garfunkel, but American siblings Karen and ...