This person died 2016 at age 82. She starred in “Fanny” on Broadway in the mid-1950s, and did national tours of “Oklahoma!” and “The Sound of Music”. In 1966, she was one of the first women to guest host “The Tonight Show”. She surprisingly appeared in Bobcat Goldthwait’s offbeat comedy “Shakes the Clown”, in which she played an unnamed woman who has a one-night stand with the title character. She starred in an upbeat, globally syndicated TV comedy as Carol Brady, a woman with three daughters who marries a widower who has three sons, collectively known as “The Brady Bunch”. Today’s dead celebrity is Florence Henderson.

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New York Times Obituary for Florence Henderson

Profile on Florence Henderson from CBS News

Q Scores explained by the Washington Post

14 Best TV Moms from Parade Magazine

Shakes the Clown opening scene starring Florence Henderson

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Through obituary-driven conversation, this episode examines Florence Henderson's cultural resonance as part of a rethinking celebrity legacies and known for biographies from a different point of view, by spotlighting values, performance, and transformation. This episode offers a layered look at how we remember — and reinterpret — famous lives. This show explores dead celebrity podcast and contributes to smart pop culture podcast.

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