Celebrities who died of eating disorders: 59 Photos
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- 1380: Catherine of Siena – Italian Saint, aged 33.
- 1387: Pierre de Luxembourg – French Catholic bishop, aged 17.
- 1882: Sophie Gray – Scottish model, aged 38.
- 1909: Renée Vivien – British poet who wrote in the French language, aged 32.
Karen Carpenter. Perhaps the most famous celebrity with an eating disorder was singer and drummer Karen Carpenter, who with her brother Richard formed half of the hugely popular 1970s singing group The Carpenters. Heartbreakingly, anorexia nervosa silenced her lovely voice forever.
Isabelle Caro. Isabelle Caro, a French model and actress who became the international face of anorexia when she allowed her ravaged body to be photographed nude for an Italian advertising campaign to raise awareness about the disease, died on Nov. 17. She was 28. Her friends and family initially kept her death secret.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(pP_FZvzrIeK8xc8Py4mI0AQ__36,
Karen Carpenters. New Details Emerge of Karen Carpenter's Fatal Battle with Anorexia (Book Excerpt) The music superstar was just 32 years old when she succumbed to the disease in 1983.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(pP_FZvzrIeK8xc8Py4mI0AQ__43,
“Had she not have had an eating disorder, she would have been physically stronger,” he said. Alex Winehouse revealed that Amy had developed bulimia in her late teens and had never shaken off the illness.
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