clive, i couldn't go out of the house for three days when i heard karen had died. it was all so strange and shocking. my parents were watching the news and just like that the news person said, ''karen carpenter died today of heart failure''. i was just passing by the tv set and thought i had misheard the name. i asked my father a million times what he had heard. he said, ''that girl you like, she's dead''. i waited until 2 am for the morning papers to come out. i still believed it couldn't be true. although my sister was anorexic, i had never heard of karen's illness. karen was my girl. for the last 20 years, richard carpenter has been releasing and cashing in on rare karen material or outtakes: he'd release a cd with 10 old songs and one previously unreleased track (like the ella-karen duet). his vaults are full of stuff that he'll release on this or that anniversary, birthday, etc.. by the dose. he's still pumping money out of karen's talent and memory. what a disgraceful behavior. wallyK
-----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado el: Viernes, 20 de Diciembre de 2002 11:20 p.m. Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: Karen Carpenter My first awareness of death came when my dad bought tickets for us to see the Carpenters at the Palladium Clive xx
