The Karma of Obituaries

Be careful what you do in life.

Two weeks ago, the singer/songwriter Eric Carmen passed away at the age of 74. Carmen was the frontman for early Seventies power pop pioneers the Raspberries (“Go All the Way”) and had solo hits like the FM staple “All by Myself” (1975), “Never Gonna Fall in Love Again” (1976), and — less iconic but still an earworm — “Hungry Eyes” (1987).