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Karen Carpenter died 40 years ago at the age of 32, a life mapped out in a new biography by Lucy O\\u2019Brien called Lead Sister. It\\u2019s a chilling, cautionary tale of how she and her brother became international stars and the devastating personal repercussions that were the consequence. Our conversation with Lucy covers the waterfront and includes \\u2026

\\u2026 the perils of \\u201chelicopter parents\\u201d.

 \\u2026 why Richard was \\u201cThe Chosen One\\u201d.

\\u2026 a disastrous association with Nixon.

\\u2026 destabilising press comments about weight issues and her \\u201cmilksop presence\\u201d.

\\u2026 what Hal Blaine said about her mother.

... the night she met Elvis. 

\\u2026 what singers need to survive.

\\u2026 the private bebop language she invented.

\\u2026 \\u201cDrummers are like hockey goalies. No-one knows how to talk to them apart from another drummer.\\u201d

\\u2026 the howling disaster of her solo album.

\\u2026 and what she discovered about her husband three days before she was due to marry him.

Lead Sister by Lucy O\\u2019Brien \\u2026

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lead-Sister-Story-Karen-Carpenter/dp/1788708245

The Carpenters\\u2019 first TV appearance, 1968 \\u2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cz60nGaopM

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