“Within the family there were some interesting dynamics,” Randy Schimdt, author of Karen Carpenter biography Little Girl Blue, said in a 2010 interview. “From the time Richard was a young ...

Karen Carpenter had a beautiful talent and died far too young. She died from complications of an eating disorder at age 32.

Image: Shane Ericks, "Filipina Karen Carpenter" (Jonas Flint) Shane Ericks is tagged as the "Filipina Karen Carpenter" because she sounds like the singer. At a very young age, Shane had won in ...