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Karen Carpenter died from Anorexia related problems at the age of 32 on February 4th, 1983.  She died of heart failure.  Karen had just started to get her problem under control and slowly started to gain weight.  She never thought her Anorexia would kill her.

Christy Henrich was a member of the USA Gymnastics Team in 1994.  She suffered from Anorexia and Bulimia from the age of 17.  Her weight went as low as 47 pounds.  She died from Anorexia related problems—multiple organ failure on July 26th, 1994, aged 22.

Jamie Lynn Sigler, The Sopranos actress battled severe anorexia and "exercise bulimia" in high school, wrote a book about it and is now a spokeswoman for the National Eating Disorders Association.

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