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[Mister H]

Well, here we are 27 years on to the day and while I'm sure that what many of us on here feel is little compared to what Karen Carpenter’s brother and the rest of her family and friends still feel, I know that what we experience on days like today is real.

Although Karen packed into her short life more than most of us would do if we lived to be a hundred, it's still heartbreaking that she's not teaching her young grandkids the drums somewhere and maybe looking back at February 4th 1983 as just another day during the period when she beat her anorexia and silenced her demons forever.

If Karen were alive today I like to think that she would be living in a home full of happy laughter and looking up at a wall full of awards for her platinum selling albums (both solo and as part of The Carpenters) as well as an array of photos of children and grandchildren. I'd also like to think that there would be photos of Karen and a man that was the love of her life and who had been a rock-like presence and source of support throughout her life.

It’s tragic that she never had anything like that to look back on as well as all the things she would still have to look forward too, but the fact that so many of us take time to think about Karen Carpenter and enjoy her music, whether it be on the 4th February or any other day, is proof of how much her memory lives on.

The girl done good !

RIP Karen Anne Carpenter
2nd March 1950 - 4th February 1983

[cam83]

Yes, even after all these years she is missed. Especially with the success of Anne Murray's DUETS album, should have been something Karen could have done, and she would have sold well. Can you imagine what her voice would have been like, and all the songs she could have sung...songs that would have been offered to her for movies!

But am thankful for all that she did sing. What a gorgeous voice she had! And legacy she left! A voice of pue crystalline and golden honey!

[dfb]

Hard to believe it's been 27 years, I still remember where I was when it heard the news. The fact that we're all still here today talking about it is a true indication of how talented she was and how much she is missed. Karen, we'll never forget you.

[RCKC everyday]

cannot let this day pass without a visit to LS.. 27 years since "we were robbed", as i often say..glad everyday to have all the music that she did leave us with, and often imagine all that we would have had in the years that followed..the occupants of heaven are the lucky ones now!!

[Goofus]

Tonight I watched a couple of Carpenters DVDs to see Karen in her glory and I can never NOT sing along. I had the volume up high and had fun. It was my little celebration of her life.

(but I can't beleive its like 27 years since!!!! I remember writing in my journal saying it was 8 years... where did all that time go??)

[Pluto]

it's kinda interesting that I just forgot about 4th Feb but just a while before something just strike me up and made me remind of The Carpenters, then I came to this site and realized she passed away on 4th Feb.....time passes by quickly...tonight i guess i gonna watch some of her concert videos to miss her