The former beauty queen and spokeswoman for Florida orange juice was an all-American entertainer before she began crusading ...

Along with Orville Redenbacher, Marie Osmond, Phyllis Diller and Chubby Checker, Anita Bryant ranked as one of my first ...

Growing up in Panama City, Nadine Smith remembers watching Anita Bryant on television "almost daily," using her sing-songy ...

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 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 ...

Later in life, she led Anita Bryant Ministries International, an organization encouraging others to live with faith and purpose, her obituary said. Bryant was "recognized for her work advertising ...

In a long campaign of television commercials, she sang “Come to the Florida Sunshine Tree” and offered the tagline: “Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine.” But her ...

“Anita Bryant was a pioneer, a hero and the first parental rights champion in our country,” said Anthony Verdugo, founder and executive director of the Christian Family Coalition Florid ...

In Florida, her legacy was challenged and perpetuated ... Bryant spent the latter part of her life in Oklahoma, where she led ...

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular ... She also became a highly visible spokesperson for various products, notably for Florida orange juice. But in the late 1970s, her life and ...