In 1979, her ex-boyfriend, songwriter Jack Nitzsche, was charged with threatening to kill her after he drunkenly forced his way into her home and bludgeoned her with a handgun. Nitzsche pleaded guilty to threatening her, and was fined and placed on three years probation.

Neil Young`s 1972 album "Harvest" was greatly influenced by his relationship at the time with Carrie.

Carrie`s son Zeke by rocker Neil Young was born with cerebral palsy. She and Young split in 1975 after four years. Young married in 1977 and the next year had a second son named Ben, who also had cerebral palsy. Carrie later sued Young for child support in 1983. Young was ordered to pay Carrie $10,000 a month and up to $300,000 on a home for mother and child.

Hospitalized at the University of California Medical Center in Los Angeles, she succumbed to heart failure while awaiting a liver transplant. Her son was at her side when she died.

Was initially tapped to star opposite Sylvester Stallone in Rocky (1976) but lost the role over a salary dispute.

Has a son, Zeke, by a relationship with Neil Young.

Born in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA