Florence Henderson was ‘America’s mom’

LOS ANGELES-We have to say goodbye to Florence Henderson.

Actress Maureen McCormick attends ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” season finale at The Grove on November 22, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Footwear was particularly influential, with today’s designers continuing to reference the styles worn by Henderson and her TV daughters during the “Brady Brunch” run from 1969 to 1974.

We are all in a state of shock, said Pressman, who spoke with Henderson on Wednesday night.

“That might sound hokey, but I lost my mother when I was very young and when you’re in a TV setting, people are gypsies – they move all over and you just work, work, work”, Applegate said.

“The Brady Bunch”, a comedy about two widows with three children each, was Henderson’s first television series. She was so kind and would always take time. “Me and Mrs. Brady”. When you do a show like The Brady Bunch, you have such a bond together.

“I feel like it’s a loss for many”, Williams said.

Ann B. Davis poses for photos in the audience of the 5th Annual TV Land Awards held at Barker Hangar on April 14, 2007 in Santa Monica, California.

Before she became known as “America’s Mom” on “The Brady Bunch”, Florence Henderson was an established Broadway star and a frequent presence on television, including the first female guest host of NBC’s “Tonight Show”.

The show took on new life in syndication.

Maureen McCormick is paying tribute to her TV mom and lifelong friend, Florence Henderson. “You think of history and tradition, but really you could not have a better shining personality for everyone she would engage with”.

McCormick tweeted on Friday that Henderson would be “forever” in her heart, and that she would miss her “dearly”.

Deeply saddened. Florence was one of the most gracious people I have ever known, Proud to call her Mom and life long friend.

He added that Broadway Cares would be making a special $1,500 grant to New York’s LGBT Community Center in celebration of Henderson’s three Broadway Backwards appearances. She segued from the chorus to the lead role in the final national touring company of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!“. She was grand marshal for this year’s race. “True to form. She was working right up to the day she passed”.

Henderson never left her Brady roots behind, often reappearing for Brady Bunch reunions. The loss of her can not be recovered as she made remarkable achievement in the community. ‘I learned so much about how to be in public from her graciousness’.

But her career almost ended in 1965 when she suddenly lost her hearing while appearing in The King and I in Los Angeles.

Henderson’s first marriage, to theater producer Ira Bernstein, ended in divorce. Her second husband, John Kappas, a hypnotherapist who helped her overcome her stage fright and fear of flying, died in 2002.

Henderson is survived by her children; Barbara, Joseph, Robert and Lizzie, their respective spouses, and five grandchildren.

After her years on “The Brady Bunch”, Henderson became a commercial spokeswoman and co-produced “Country Kitchen”, a Nashville Network series.

People remember seeing Henderson light up TV screens for more than 6 decades, one of her latest performances on Dancing With The Stars in 2010.