Henderson starred in every episode of all five seasons of The Brady Bunch and later appeared as Carol Brady in spin-offs The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, The Brady Girls Get Married, The Brady Brides, The Bradys and The Brady Bunch Movie. Henderson died Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, after being hospitalized the day before, said her publicist, David Brokaw. Henderson died surrounded by friends and family at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering heart failure, the actress’ manager Kayla Pressman said in a statement to the Associated Press on Thursday. The show was a constant presence on TV dials for several years after its cancellation through syndication reruns. Millions loved, and kept on loving, the innocent sitcom about a blended family. I'll miss u dearly #RIPFlorence — @MoMcCormick7 
 
 After the show's main run ended, Henderson was a frequent guest on game shows and acted in guest appearances on shows such as The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, Ellen, Ally McBeal and 30 Rock. Florence Henderson in 1960 Pictorial Parade/Moviepix/Getty Images 
 
 Prior to scoring her leading role on the 1969 sitcom The Brady Bunch, which propelled her to international stardom, Henderson starred on the Broadway stage — Wish You Were Here (1952), Fanny (1954), The Girl Who Came to Supper (1963) and South Pacific (1967) — and appeared in guest roles on multiple TV series and films. In recent years she appeared on reality shows The Surreal Life and Dancing With the Stars and for several seasons hosted Country Kitchen on The Nashville Network. Born in Dale, Indiana, to farmer Joseph Henderson and his wife Elizabeth, Henderson was the youngest of 10 children. Florence Henderson appears in 2008 at the Hollywood Walk of Fame presentation for TV producer Sherwood Schwartz, second from right, along with, from left to right, Gilligan's Island actress Dawn Wells, and the Brady Bunch's Susan Olsen and Christopher Knight. After high school she moved to New York, where she enrolled in a two-year program at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, her studies financed by a theatrical couple who had been impressed by her singing when they saw her perform in high school. Florence Henderson in 1990 Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images 
 
 In 1987, Henderson wed Dr. John George Kappas, whom she remained married to up until his death in September 2002. Florence Henderson on Monday Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images 
 
 The actress is survived by her four children and five grandchildren.
– Florence Henderson, the wholesome actress who went from Broadway star to television icon when she became Carol Brady, the ever-cheerful mom residing over the Brady Bunch, has died. She was 82. She died surrounded by family and friends, her manager, Kayla Pressman, said in a statement late Thursday. Millions loved, and kept on loving, the innocent sitcom about a blended family. The Brady Bunch first aired in 1969, returned to television in various forms again and again, including the Brady Bunch Hour in 1977, the Brady Brides in 1981 and the Bradys in 1990, the AP reports. Henderson studied at New York City's American Academy of Dramatic Arts after graduating from the St. Frances school in Indiana in 1951, People reports. Her pre-Brady career included numerous starring roles on Broadway and appearances in movies and TV shows including the Tonight Show, which she became the first woman to host, in 1962. After the Brady Bunch ended, Henderson appeared on shows including the Love Boat; Murder, She Wrote; Ally McBeal; and 30 Rock, the CBC reports. She also appeared on reality shows including Dancing With the Stars in recent years as well as hosting Retirement TV's Florence Henderson Show. She is survived by four children from the first of her two marriages. (Last year, she revealed that she still liked to date younger men,)