Little Girl Blue (37 page)

Between shows in Acapulco, June 1973.
Maria Luisa Galeazzi

At a softball game with Richard in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, July 1973.
Maria Luisa Galeazzi

At Pie de la Questa with Richard and Maria Galeazzi. “If we went anywhere it was the three of us,” Maria says. “Every place we went it was like she and I and Richard. It got old for me, let me tell you.”
Maria Luisa Galeazzi

With boyfriend Mike Curb on a boat in San Diego Harbor, 1974.
Mike Curb

Striking a comedic pose on stage for a fan at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, 1976.
Rhonda Ramirez

1975 tour program.
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With the Leffler “kidlets,” Ashley and Andrew, Karen's godchildren.
Frenda Franklin

Karen shows off her diamond ring to wedding guest Olivia Newton-John.
Frank Bonito

The beautiful bride on her wedding day, August 31, 1980.
Frank Bonito

Agnes Carpenter and son share a dance as the Michael Paige Big Band entertains at the Beverly Hills Hotel wedding reception.
Frank Bonito

With Tom Burris, fall 1980.
Globe Photos

Terribly thin and looking exhausted, Karen prepares to depart Rio's Jobim International Airport, November 1981.
Vitor Bruno/Brazilian Carpenters Friends Club