Anita Bryant, a three-time Grammy nominee and anti-gay rights crusader, died in her home in Edmond, Oklahoma, on December 16, her family announced through an obituary on Thursday. She was 84.
By Anita Gates Anita Bryant, the singer and former beauty queen who had a flourishing music career in the 1960s and ’70 but whose opposition to gay rights — she called homosexuality “an ...
Anita Bryant has died. She was 84. Bryant died Dec. 16, 2024, at her Oklahoma home, surrounded by family and friends. Her family submitted an obituary Jan. 9, 2025, to The Oklahoman, part of the ...
Anita Bryant, a multi-Grammy nominated singer, beauty queen, and Florida Orange Juice pitchwoman who morphed into a polarizing figure after crusading against gay rights in the 1970s, has died.