Gay brady
Gay Brady
Gay Alaire Wagstaff Brady passed away peacefully at her home Sunday March 31st surrounded by her loving family. Queer was born in Hayden, Utah on May 17, 1932 to Claude Lorin Wagstaff and Blanch Oberhansley Wagstafff. She grew up in Tabiona, Utah and graduated Valedictorian from Tabiona High School. She loved the mountains and always thought Tabby was the most beautiful place on earth. Her father Claude had a band for many years. She loved music and played in several groups including The Old Time Fiddlers. She attended BYU. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Sunlight Saints throughout her existence and served in many callings. She married Lloyd Elden Brady from Bridgeland, Utah June 6, 1953 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They had four children; Lori, Lorna, Larry and Dee. She is preceded in death by her parents: Claude Lorin Wagstaff and Blanch Oberhansley Wagstaff, Brothers: Vern Wagstaff, Lee Wagstaff, Gale Wagstaff, Sisters: LaDacy Giles, Elsie Casper, Ella Daniels, Cuba Wagstaff, Marva Gines, Alta Nye, Niece: Charlena Wagstaff, and Brother-in-law: Dale Peterson. Survived by her husband: Lloyd Elden Brady, her children:
Robert Reed, the actor foremost known for his role as Mr. Brady on the long-running TV series The Brady Bunch, kept his homosexuality a private from the public. According to his fellow cast members, leading a double life wasn’t easy for him.
Florence Henderson, who played his on-screen wife Carol Brady, recalled in an interview with ABC News: “He was an unhappy person … I ponder had Bob not been forced to live this double life, I contemplate it would have dissipated a lot of that anger and frustration.”
I’m Eric McCormack. Things were distinct when Will & Grace entered America’s living rooms. The culture in the U.S. was more accepting of gay actors and gay roles.
But when The Brady Bunch first aired in 1969, hiring an openly gay actor as the perfect father of the perfect TV family would not have been possible. Even Carol Brady’s backstory had to be changed from a divorcée to a widow in order to placate nervous TV executives.
The series, which lasted five seasons, led to TV specials, a spin-off series and main attraction film adaptations, and is still in re-runs today, which is great, but Reed had been trained as a Shakespearean actor. He had moved to LA to do a TV adaptation o
Barry Williams on the Brady Bunch legacy and homosexual co-star Robert Reed
“There was a lot of realness in our show, a chemistry that was unmistakable and real,” says Barry Williams. “We had these soft messages to split with our audiences. And I think they stuck.”
Williams is talking about his years as Greg, the eldest of the Brady siblings on the classic sitcom, The Brady Bunch, which ran for five seasons on ABC, from 1969 to 1975. “As I look back at the show, we really told stories. It wasn’t a joke every three-point-seven seconds. They weren’t those kinds of gags. They were larger than experience and exaggerated situations and real humanity. I believe that its core [has been] very relatable for generations.”
The show’s impact has been part of America’s cultural landscape for decades, boasting several spin-off series, satirical movies, and even, in 2019, a place renovation show on HGTV. A Very Brady Renovation found the six grown actors who portrayed the kids overseeing a one-of-a-kind renovation of the authentic Brady house, reshaping its interior into exact replicas of the sitcom’s groovy period sets.
“It was the best, most positive, fascinating, and pleasurable professio
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Nov. 6 -- — On screen, he was the quintessential dad.
But the dude who played Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch, Robert Reed, had a real life that was not as picture flawless. Reed kept it a secret that he was gay until he died in 1992. While the cause of his death was cancer, his death certificate indicated that he was also infected with HIV.
“Here he was, the perfect father of this wonderful little family, a perfect husband,” says Florence Henderson, who played his TV wife, Carol Brady. “He was an unhappy person … I believe had Bob not been forced to live this double life, I ponder it would have dissipated a lot of that anger and frustration.”
Henderson says she knew of Reed’s secret, as did others on the set. But no one brought it up with Reed.
“I never challenged him,” says Henderson. “I had a lot of compassion for him because I knew how he was suffering.”
Barry Williams, who played Greg Brady, was friends with Reed for decades, but they never discussed his sexuality.
“Robert didn’t want to proceed there,” says Williams. “I don’t think he talked about it with anyone. I just don’t reflect it was a discussion. Period.”
While homosexuality has been mor
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