Fact Repeated As Urban Legend

BREWSTER, WA—An actual occurrence passed into the realm of modern folklore Tuesday, when actor Robert Reed’s 1992 AIDS-related death was repeated as urban legend. “Dude, this guy I know told me that the guy who played the dad on The Brady Bunch died of AIDS,” said Jeff Gund, 16. “Can you believe he believed that?” Gund went on to tell the equally implausible tale of a woman who cut off her husband’s penis and threw it in a field, only to see the man surgically reattach it and become a porn star.