1 day ago · Karen Carpenter gave her final performance to a tiny, intimate crowd just weeks before her untimely death at 32. Unlike the grand arenas and packed theaters where The Carpenters usually …

Karen Carpenter made her last live appearance with The Carpenters when she delivered an intimate performance at The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California.

Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and drummer of the highly successful duo the Carpenters, formed with her older brother …

17th December 1982 - on this day Karen Carpenter gave her final public performance. She sang at Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California for around 50 school children including her twin …

May 24, 2023 · Karen Carpenter's final ever public appearance was at a gathering of past Grammy Award winners on 11th January 1983, who came together to celebrate the award show's 25th …

Dec 17, 2025 · Last Live Performance On December 17, 1982, Karen Carpenter made her last live appearance with The Carpenters at the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California.

Her final studio recording, a song simply titled “Now,” carries with it not just melody, but history, vulnerability, and farewell. Recorded in April 1982, “Now” was the last song Karen Carpenter ever …

On April 25, 1982, Karen’s last recording session, she joined Richard, Joe Osborn and Ron Tutt (piano, bass and drums, respectively) for the recording of the initial instrumental tracks for...

Karen would even perform on stage again – on 17th December 1982, she sang Christmas Carols at the Buckley School in Sherman Oaks, California for her godchildren and their classmates. Little did she …

Karen Carpenter sang Christmas carols at a Los Angeles school – her final live performance before her death at the age of 32. (Dec. 17) ...more