's battle with anorexia nervosa, which began in the 1970s and ended with her untimely death at age 32 in 1983, is explored in a new biography titled Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter. In January 1982, the checked into the $6K/month City Regency Hotel in Manhattan to begin six months of intensive therapy sessions with psychotherapist Steven Levenkron costing $100 each session.'Karen's willingness to set aside the time and the money showed her initial level of commitment to the therapy,' author Lucy O'Brien wrote in an excerpt published by .
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