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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away
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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#2
Posted: 11/25/16 at 1:45am

omg so sad!

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#3
Posted: 11/25/16 at 1:51am

Awwww...RIP

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#4
Posted: 11/25/16 at 2:36am

I met her just last year and she had a great energy about her. She was a class act. RIP. 

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#5
Posted: 11/25/16 at 7:42am

Here is Seth Rudetsky's "Deconstructing Florence Henderson".  Her "Sound of Music" is amazing!  https://youtu.be/bPLrn-gE6YM

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#6
Posted: 11/25/16 at 7:47am

...https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Florence-Henderson-Stage-and-Brady-Bunch-Star-Dies-at-82-20161125    There's a video of her performing at the 1971 Tony Awards.   Incredible!

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#7
Posted: 11/25/16 at 8:48am

Both a talent and kind spirit. What a loss!

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#8
Posted: 11/25/16 at 9:04am

I am truly saddened at this news..."Here's a story of a Lovely Lady..." Florence Henderson is/was a true friend to the LGBTQ community and AIDS activist; her Love and Spirit will never die. My senior friends worked with her and some even lived with her at times and tell me of wonderful memories and stories of their time together.

She is/was a great Broadway star and YouTube has many older b/w clips and of 50's and 60's performances.

This is audio of "Oklahoma" with John Raitt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n31XYNcTIUw

Wonderful, wonderful Lady..Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away 

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#9
Posted: 11/25/16 at 11:37am

RIP Always a class act. You will be missed!

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#10
Posted: 11/25/16 at 11:57am

Florence was a great person as well as a performer.  She was also so supportive of other performers.  I would often see her around Los Angeles at the shows of others.  The last time she and Barry Manilow were in the front row at the Catalina Jazz Club when Roslyn Kind was singing. They lead every ovation.

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#11
Posted: 11/25/16 at 12:11pm

This is so sad.  Not just Brady Bunch.. The girl who came to supper,  Fanny, Oklahoma, Wish you Were Here and national tours sound of music, south pacific, and God knows what else. Oh Mike!

She will be missed. I personally will miss her. Hope she sings in heaven..

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#12
Posted: 11/25/16 at 2:09pm

Sort of shocked by this news, I was at a benefit concert starring Martina McBride in Stamford CT just two weeks ago and Florence was the emcee, she was quite funny and engaging and look far younger than her age.  So sad and sudden.

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#13
Posted: 11/25/16 at 2:14pm

RIP Ms Henderson.

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#14
Posted: 11/25/16 at 10:17pm

Very sad to hear this. She was so energetic and full of life, even though she was 82, it feels like she passed way too young.

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#15
Posted: 11/26/16 at 9:24pm

I remember listening to Florence years ago on the Broadway cast album in  her starring role as Fanny.  I just came across these two clips which were on television in 1954.  That was when I found out that Mrs. Brady was originally a Broadway star.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHWJ5yyOOec

With Eddie Fisher singing the role of Marius which was played on Broadway by William Tabbert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X1kwiFvnTE

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Florence Henderson, of Broadway and Brady Bunch fame, has passed away#16
Posted: 11/27/16 at 8:30pm

My paths crossed with Florence only once, back in the 1980s, but it was memorable for reasons you will never guess. I am a folksinger, my first album was out and I was a guest on a cable talk show that she was hosting (this was in the beginning of cable -- I don't even remember the name of the show).  Florence was so nice, during the makeup session, then on camera -- but this is the amazing thing:

A few days later I got a hand-written note from her thanking me for being on her show!  I was nobody (still am, just older) -- my first album, a folksinger -- and she took the time to hand write a thank-you note (when Lord knows I should have written one to her).  I saved it -- it's in a box somewhere (I've moved five times over the past 8 years) -- so I'm not surprised reading these sweet stories about her. 

Looking back on her career it's clear she was always in it for the long run.  You don't write thank you notes like that unless you are.  I don't write as many thank-you notes as I should -- in fact, when I do write them they're usually thank-you postcards because who has time to address and lick an envelope?

So next time you are debating whether you should send a thank you note, ask yourself, What would Florence do?  



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