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

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, known for her singing and anti-LGBTQ rights activism, passed away in December 2024. Bryant’s passing was announced by her family in an obituary on Thursday, January 9, 2025.

Anita Bryant Dry, entertainer and anti-gay rights activist, died in December in Edmond, according to an obituary submitted by her family. She was 84.

compared a plane full of nauseated passengers to an Anita Bryant concert. In Michael Moore’s documentary “Roger & Me” (1989), Ms. Bryant embodied forced optimism, singing the pop song “Joy ...

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died.

She was blacklisted and got a raw deal, but like her or not, she stuck to her convictions,” Anthony Verdugo, founder and ...

Anita Bryant, a popular singer and product pitchwoman in the 1960s and ’70s who successfully destroyed both those aspect of ...

A Grammy nominee whose pair of Top 10 hits and show business career was overwhelmed in the public eye by her anti-gay ...

Anita Jane Bryant was born on March 25, 1940, in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. At age 2, as she started singing at a local Baptist church, her parents — Warren, who worked in the oil fields, and Lenora — ...

Anita Bryant, a beauty queen ... Beginning in 1968, Ms. Bryant starred in popular commercials that featured her singing a catchy jingle, “Come to the Florida Sunshine Tree,” and perkily ...

Anita Bryant Dry's soaring vocals helped catapult her to fame, from her public singing debut as a preschooler at her grandparent's Oklahoma Baptist church, her television show at age 12 and her ...