Marie Caro, mother of dead anorexic French model

Marie Caro, mother of dead anorexic French model Isabelle Caro, commits suicide: report

BY Aliyah Shahid
Thursday, January 20th 2011, 10:02 AM

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Isabelle Caro, a French model an actress who struggled with anorexia died in November. Her mother committed suicide earlier this month, according to the family.

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In another tragic turn, the mother of anorexic French model Isabelle Caro, who died last year, committed suicide, according to her family.

Marie Caro felt "enormous guilt" and decided to take her own life earlier this month, her husband, Christian Caro, told Swiss newspaper 20 minutes.

Isabelle, 28, made international headlines after she allowed her 68-pound, skeletal frame to be used in Italian photographer Olivier Toscani's shock campaign to warn about the dangers of anorexia.