Lucille Ball died on Carol's 56th birthday. Every year Lucy sent Carol flowers on her birthday, and that day, as was the tradition, Carol received flowers and a note from Lucy hours after learning of her death.
Carol starred in the Stephen Sondhiem revue Putting it Together at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and on Broadway. Her best friend Julie Andrews played the same part in the American debut of the show off-Broadway.
Carol gave part of the money she gained from her lawsuit against The National Enquirer to the University of Hawaii and the University of California at Berkeley to be used for awards for ethics in journalism.