Column: Mrs. Carol Brady and me, the untold story — How ‘America’s mom’ became a small but significant part of my life

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Jon Rabiroff takes a moment this Mother's Day to remember how “America’s mom,” Florence Henderson, climbed off his TV screen to give her blessing to the birth of his son more than a half-century after serving as a bridesmaid at his parents’ wedding.

More than a decade before she would become a TV icon on"The Brady Bunch," Florence Henderson, second from left, poses for a photo as a bridesmaid at the 1958 wedding of Lake County News-Sun Managing Editor Jon Rabiroff's parents.

A few sentences in an email would not be cause for celebration for most people, but to me this was sort of heaven-sent, or at least Hollywood-sent.The cast of"The Brady Bunch" in 1973: top row: Christopher Knight , Barry Williams , Ann B. Davis ; middle row: Eve Plumb , Florence Henderson , Robert Reed , Maureen McCormick ; bottom row: Susan Olsen , Mike Lookinland .

My father died early in the run of the show and my mother became a hardworking single mom, so it was easy to understand how my imagination ran wild with thoughts of being taught life lessons by the ever-earnest Mike Brady, and showered with love and support by the always-sweet Carol Brady.It was at about this time that I remember my mother telling me that I had a real connection to the show I loved. It turns out Mrs.

Florence Henderson sings at the reception after the 1958 wedding of Lake County News-Sun Managing Editor Jon Rabiroff's parents. More than a decade later, she would become a major character on the iconic TV show,"The Brady Bunch." After hearing one person boast about, say, being a distant relative of a rock star, or another talking about appearing in the background of some commercial, I would point out Mrs. Brady was a bridesmaid at my parents’ wedding and sang at their reception. Mic drop.

 

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