On this day in 1983, music lost one of its most brilliant and unique voices in Karen Carpenter of The Carpenters. Aged 32, Karen passed away of a cardiac arrest after a long struggle with anorexia nervosa, ensuring that her already melancholic voice would forever sound so bittersweet that every listen would leave the listener cosy, yet somehow grieving.
Of course, The Carpenters hit the big time with cutesy ballad, ‘Close to You’ which topped the American chart.
However, The Carpenters, despite being possibly the most un-cool band in history, were much more than that and a lesson in songwriting and melody in their purest form.
