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Karen Carpenter
American singer and drummer
browse: singers, jazz musicians, drummers
dead
- born
- 1950
- died
- 1983
- age at death
- 32
- known for
- singer, jazz musician, drummer
1950 β 1983

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who karen carpenter is
Karen Anne Carpenter was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and drummer of the musical duo the Carpenters, formed with her older brother Richard. With a distinctive three-octave contralto range, Carpenter was praised by her peers for her vocal skills. She appeared on Rolling Stone's 2010 list of the 100 greatest singers of all time.
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