{"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\/2016\/11\/florence-henderson-brady-bunch-matriarch-dies-at-82\/","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