1981年的《Made in America》是他们最出色的一张专辑，就在人们以为卡朋特就要恢复昔日雄风时，悲剧发生了。不幸地，她患了厌食症。在karen的墓碑上刻着这样简单的文字：a star on earth，a star in heaven《A sang for you》。30多年后的今天，Karen还在深情地唱着：“and when my life is over， remember when we were together，we were alone and I was singing this song for you!” 仍旧是邻家那个嗓音恬美的女孩，和她的名字卡朋特一样纯朴。