They Were ‘On Top Of The World’: The Real Story Of The Carpenters

Published on 06/03/2018
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Despite the difficulties, Karen got her wish. She met real estate developer Thomas James Burris in the Beverly Hills Hotel in August 1980. Burris had an 18-year-old son from an earlier marriage and was nine years older than her, but Karen did not mind.

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