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Anita Bryant, born on March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, is an American singer, beauty queen, and controversial figure in the realm of LGBTQ+ rights. Raised in a devout Southern Baptist family, ...

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and Grammy-nominated singer, known for her opposition to LGBTQ+ rights, passed away at the age of 84. The controversial entertainer died on Dec. 16 at her home ...

Anita Bryant, a multi-Grammy nominated singer, beauty queen, and Florida Orange Juice pitchwoman who morphed into a ...

Anita Bryant, who has died aged 84, was a 1960s pop singer, former beauty queen and brand ambassador for the Florida Citrus Commission who became a conservative icon and liberal hate figure in the ...

Anita Bryant, the pop singer and Oklahoma beauty queen who gained fame by convincing America that a “breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine” before seeing her popularity plummet ...

Anita Bryant, whose career led from easy listening records to becoming a pitchwoman for Florida oranges to campaigning against gay rights, died at 84.

The former beauty queen was also a spokesperson for Florida oranges in the 1970s The post Anita Bryant, Singer and Anti-Gay Activist, Dies at 84 appeared first on TheWrap.

The former beauty queen and spokeswoman for Florida orange juice was an all-American entertainer before she began crusading against L.G.B.T.Q. rights. By Anita Gates Anita Bryant, the singer and ...

Anita Bryant, a singer and former beauty queen who had a flourishing music career in the 1960s and ‘70s but whose opposition to gay rights – she called homosexuality “an abomination” – virtually ...