Died Today: Florence Henderson (1934–2016)

Florence Henderson (1934–2016)

Born: February 14, 1934 in Dale, Indiana, USA
Died: November 24, 2016 (age 82) in Los Angeles, California, USA

Best known as Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch (1969)

Married to: Dr. John George Kappas (4 August 1987 – 26 September 2002) (his death)
Ira Bernstein (9 January 1956 – 1985) (divorced) (4 children)

Youngest of 10 children born to an Indiana tenant farmer named Joseph Henderson and his homemaker wife named Elizabeth Henderson.

On her late TV husband, Robert Reed: “He was so close to all six of the Brady kids. When he called and asked me to tell them he wasn’t going to live much longer, they were devastated. He was a good friend.”

I begged them [the producers] to give Carol Brady a job. They wouldn’t do that. I mean, those clothes, for God’s sake, take a look at them! I didn’t choose those…