Anita Bryant was the spokesperson for Florida citrus until "controversial political stands," especially LGBTQ issues ended ...

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 ...

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, ...

Growing up in Panama City, Nadine Smith remembers watching Anita Bryant on television "almost daily," using her sing-songy voice to sell Florida orange juice. She also remembers when the former ...

Bryant died Dec. 16 at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma, according to a statement posted by her family to news site The Oklahoman ...

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 ...

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

“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 ...

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 ...