{"id":271781,"date":"2016-11-25T17:11:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T17:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=271781"},"modified":"2016-11-25T17:11:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T17:11:30","slug":"florence-henderson-brady-bunch-matriarch-dies-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=271781","title":{"rendered":"Florence Henderson: Brady Bunch matriarch dies at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florence Henderson, known to millions for her role as matriarch Carol Brady in The Brady Bunch, has died aged 82.<\/p>\n

According to her representatives, she died on Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, a day after being admitted to hospital.<\/p>\n

First shown in 1969, The Brady Bunch told of single parents with children who marry to form a “blended” family.<\/p>\n

Born in 1934 in southern Indiana, the actress began her career in theatre before turning to television.<\/p>\n

She made her first stage appearance in New York at 19 – a one-line role in a play called Wish You Were Here.<\/p>\n

She went on to land the female lead in a tour of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, which eventually took her to Broadway in 1954.<\/p>\n

She subsequently played Maria in The Sound of Music and Nellie Forbush in South Pacific.<\/p>\n

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The Brady Bunch told of parents whose marriage brings their six children together into one family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

But her career nearly ended in 1965 when she suddenly lost her hearing while appearing in The King and I in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

She was diagnosed with a hereditary condition called osteosclerosis and had corrective surgery in both ears.<\/p>\n

The Brady Bunch, which initially ran until 1974, brought her and her co-stars international fame.<\/p>\n

“We had to have security guards with us,” she later recalled. “We couldn’t go out by ourselves. We were like the Beatles!”<\/p>\n

The show went on to return in various forms, among them a 1995 film in which she played the mother of her former character.<\/p>\n

“It’s such a gentle, innocent, sweet show, and I guess it proved there’s always an audience for that,” the actress said in 1999.<\/p>\n

Oscar-winning actresses Marlee Matlin and Patricia Arquette are among those who have marked her passing on Twitter.<\/p>\n

\"Marlee<\/span><\/figure>\n

Pop star Boy George has also paid tribute, saying he “grew up with the Brady Bunch”, while talk show host Larry King described her as “America’s mom”.<\/p>\n

Maureen McCormick, who played Brady’s oldest daughter Marcia in the hit TV series, said she had been “a dear friend for so very many years”.<\/p>\n

Henderson was a contestant on Dancing in the Stars in 2010 and appeared on the show days before her death in support of McCormick, a contestant in the most recent series.<\/p>\n

The actress made numerous TV appearances outside of The Brady Bunch and was the first female guest host of The Tonight Show.<\/p>\n

She also made cameo appearances in such comedy films as Naked Gun 33 1\/3: The Final Insult, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star and Fifty Shades of Black.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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