A SILENT PIANO: Richard Carpenter Remembers Karen and the Golden Days of The Carpenters At 79, Richard Carpenter sat alone at his piano, the same keys that once carried Karen’s voice into every corner of the world. The house was quiet, yet when his fingers touched a chord, he could almost hear her warm contralto rising beside him. He closed his eyes and smiled faintly, though the ache never left. “We sang of love and rainbows,” he whispered, “but she was the true song.” For a moment, time folded back — the awards, the applause, the golden years — and Richard was simply a brother, playing for the sister he will always hear.
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