Singer ‘had irregular heart beat’
NZPA Los Angeles The Grammy Award-win-ning singer, Karen Carpenter, died of an irregular heart beat caused by chemical imbalances related to a nutritional disorder, the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office has concluded. She died as the result of emetine. cardiotoxicity, complicating anorexia nervosa, said a coroner’s spokesman, Bill Gold.
The 32-year-old pop singer collapsed on February 4 at her parents’ home and died shortly after. Although she had lost a considerable amount of weight in the last year due to anorexia nervosa—a disorder characterised by the lack of eating—she had overcome the problem and was gaining weight. The sft 4ins singer weighted 49kg when she died. The acting Coroner-Medi-cal Examiner, Dr Ronald Komblum, said that results of a two-hour autopsy revealed that the singer had suffered heart beat irregularities brought on by chemical imblances associated with her nutritional problem. Laboratory tests had ruled out drug or medication overdose as a cause of death.
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