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Florence Henderson Dead At Age 82 – America’s Favorite TV Mom

Florence Henderson, widely known for her role as Carol Brady on The Brady Bunch, has died at 82.

Henderson died from heart failure surrounded by friends and family, the actress’ manager Kayla Pressman said in a statement to the Associated Press on Thursday.

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 nonscripted (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. On November 21, 2016, three days before her death, Florence appeared again on Dancing With The Stars giving moral support to her eldest Brady Bunch daughter Maureen McCormick, who played the popular Marcia Brady. Henderson hosted her own talk show, The Florence Henderson Show, and cooking show, Who’s Cooking with Florence Henderson, on Retirement Living TV (RLTV), in the years leading up to her death.