INTRODUCTION

HER STORY

QUOTES

When she recorded "Rainy Days and Mondays," she placed a few pillows on the studio floor, made herself comfortable and sang into the mike lying down to get into the mood of the song.

When she was 18, Karen was being driven past the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles at the exact moment Robert Kennedy was shot.

With the first money they earned Karen and Richard invested in apartment buildings across from one another in Downey, and appropriately named them "Only Just Begun" and "Close To You".

In the Carpenters family crypt it is stipulated that Karen must always remain on the top as there are several places for caskets beneath.

A star on Hollywood's Walk Of Fame was awarded to the Carpenters on October 12, 1983. Eight months after Karen's death.

The Carpenters are second on the list of "Artists With The Most #2 Hits".  They had five, Elvis Presley had six.

In September 1972, President Nixon invited the Carpenters to the White House for a photo session where he presented Richard with a set of golf balls and cufflinks and Karen with a gold powder compact, all bearing the presidential seal. He proclaimed Richard and Karen publicly as "young America at its best".

By late 1981 Karen was up to 80-90 Dulcolax laxitives a day and had started thyroid medication at least three months prior.   This was to speed up her metabolism to burn more calories.