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

Published on 06/03/2018
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Trying To Conceal

When Karen’s weight had plummeted to less than 90 pounds, she needed to be creative in order to hide it. She started wear many layers of clothing, but her agent, Sherwin Bash, noticed her ploy. “She would start with a long-sleeved shirt and then put a blouse over that,” he said, “and a sweater over that and a jacket over that… With all of it you had no idea of what she had become.”

Trying To Conceal

Trying To Conceal

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