i read that agnes an harold are passed on(karens parents) if so does anyone know when they died??

Agnes died on October 1, 1996 in Downey, California (according to IMDb, it was due to complications following triple-bypass heart surgery)
Harold died on October 15, 1988 also in Downey but there's no further information regarding what he died of. Maybe someone else could shed some light on his cause of death...

thanks for that.....

I would be inclined to think old age, but I cannot back that up.

I think it was heart failure, but don't quote me on it

It was not mentioned what he died of in fan club newsletter nor Coleman book. Richard didn't talk about it when he talked about his parents in Japan in the middle of '90s. Harold didn't suffer from a fight against illness for a long time.

I think Annie guessed heart problems when we talked about this before, though.

Harold's signature which is familiar with old fan club members (Harold was the president and his signature was written at members card.) is at his resting place like Karen's.

Sakura

I read the local newspaper article about Agnes' funeral on the web before and felt strange. It was written that she died on Oct. 1 and funeral services were held on Nov. 13. I asked about this before. I think Peter answered, so you may find somewhere in this forum.

From the article;
....Funeral services for Agnes Reuwer Carpenter, mother of national
recording stars Karen and Richard Carpenter, were held Wednesday, Nov. 13,
at the Church of Our Father in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress.

A strong maternal figure and homemaker who also worked outside the home
twice in her life, she lived in Downey and died Oct. 1 after complications
following triple-bypass heart surgery....

Sakura

Let's say he died peacefully in his sleep - the way I wanna go

The way I wanna go after seeing my kids' growing up and having their own lives.

Richard said something like this;
He(Harold) was longevity. He was able to see children succeeding and I think he had a good life.

Sakura

Not yelling and screaming like all of the passengers on the bus he was driving at the time.

My guess is that he he died of a heart attack while watching Kirk Gibson perform a miracle.

It's a little tasteless, but I laughed out loud when I read that just now!

I though he had an actual medical condition, I think it is in that book by Ray Coleman, wasn't it?

Someone posted here that it was not written what Harold died of in Coleman book. Carrie?
I haven't read the original book in English, would you quote the part, please?

Sakura

I will try, I rememeber reading it somewhere! I will have to read the book again though. I was not saying WAS in the book, I just thought it was.

Thank you, Rach. I'm going to wait.

Sakura

Okay so far all I can find of Harolds death is that he died in Downey, California, on October 15, 1988 and loads on his family, and how they died! But nothing on how he actually died, I am sure I have read how he died somewhere though, I will continue to search and as soon as I find anything, I'll let you all now straight away!

Thanks for the update, Rach!

Sakura

Sorry for the slow reply, Sakura! No, it doesn't say in the Coleman book what Harold died of - you're right, Sakura. The reference to his death is a footnote in the chapter about his and Agnes' early life and just says that he and Agnes were married for 53 years, and that Harold died in Downey on October 15th, 1988.
I think the reason you remember me writing about it was that I pointed out in a thread once that Hrold died on Richard's birthday .

Carrie

Thank you, Carrie!