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Hollywood has lost one of its iconic TV moms.
Florence Henderson died Thursday at age 82, her manager confirmed to The Associated Press.
The actress, talk show host, and pitchwoman gained her greatest fame on The Brady Bunch, starring for five seasons (1969-1974) on the beloved family comedy as Carol Brady, the sunny, can-do matriarch of a blended family with six children. Her career would be forever defined by that part, as she served as a de facto honorary mom for a generation weaned on television. And that was a role she embraced. “I played Carol as the mother I always wished I had,” she once said, “as the mother a lot of people wished they had.”
Florence Henderson died Thursday at age 82, her manager confirmed to The Associated Press.
The actress, talk show host, and pitchwoman gained her greatest fame on The Brady Bunch, starring for five seasons (1969-1974) on the beloved family comedy as Carol Brady, the sunny, can-do matriarch of a blended family with six children. Her career would be forever defined by that part, as she served as a de facto honorary mom for a generation weaned on television. And that was a role she embraced. “I played Carol as the mother I always wished I had,” she once said, “as the mother a lot of people wished they had.”
