[miss marmelstein]

She was known to be gay.

[ozaukeemom]

That is what I had understood too.

[ReformationFan]

I hadn’t heard that. If she struggled with that temptation in her life yet lived chastely and practiced sexual abstinence for her Christian faith I don’t see the problem.

[fatnotlazy]

I believe Ms. Davis’ sexuality was subject to rumor and speculation over the years, but nothing was ever confirmed.

[GeronL]

Says who?

[Talisker]

She was known to be gay.

Well then she's damned to hell no matter what else she did with her life, thanks for clearing that up.

That was your point, right?

[dfwgator]

She may very well have been asexual.

[xp38]

and we’re not even mentioning Mr. Brady

[Oratam]

I had a grand aunt, sister to my father's mother, who emigrated from Ireland in her late teens and lived in Hells Kitchen for 50 years. She never married. Despite this (or maybe because of it) she was the beloved aunt to scores of nieces and nephews. She even was featured in a Sunday supplement in the Daily News: "Alone But Not Lonely."

Years later, my brother's then non-Catholic wife commented, "Oh, she was gay!" My brother couldn't contain his laughter.

To nearly everone's surprise, on her death in her early eighties, she was buried in full Carmelite canonicals.

We are not all meant for married life. The price is chastity. It appears probable Ms. Davis chose this path upon leaving Hollywood.

[fidelis]

You people gossip like a bunch of old ladies. This is from the Fox News obit:

Davis never married, saying she never found a man who was more interesting than her career.

"By the time I started to get interested (in finding someone)," she told the Chicago Sun-Times, "all the good ones were taken."

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/06/01/ann-b-davis-known-for-role-on-brady-bunch-dies-at-88-medical-examiner-says/

Now let the good lady rest in peace.

[Robwin]

She was known to be gay.

Not according to Sam the butcher.