Florence Agnes Henderson (February 14, 1934 – November 24, 2016) was an American actress and singer with a career spanning six decades. She is best remembered for her starring role as matriarch Carol Brady on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974. Henderson also appeared in film as well as on stage and hosted several long-running cooking and variety shows over the years. She appeared as a guest on many scripted and non-scripted (talk and reality show) television programs and as a panelist on numerous game shows. She was a contestant on Dancing with the Stars in 2010. Henderson hosted her own talk show, The Florence Henderson Show, and cooking show, Who’s Cooking with Florence Henderson, on Retirement Living TV (RLTV) during the years leading up to her death at age 82 on November 24, 2016 from heart failure.
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Henderson died at age 82 on November 24, 2016, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She had been hospitalized the previous day. According to her manager, Kayla Pressman, Henderson died of heart failure. Pressman reported that Henderson had not been ill prior to her sudden hospitalization and that her death was a “shock”. Three days before her death, Henderson had attended the recording of the dance competition television show Dancing with the Stars to support her friend and former on-screen daughter Maureen McCormick who was a contestant. She is buried at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
[Since Ms. Henderson had such a storied career, and her passing has been covered extensively, we won’t add more. Please go to Wikipedia to read more about her life.]