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 abomination ...

Anita Bryant, pitchwoman who crusaded against gay rights, dies at 84. She became one of the most incendiary cultural warriors of the 1970s and saw her prosperous singing career implode as a result.

For those of you scratching your heads as to who Anita Bryant was, picture a homophobic Karen and cross her with Helen ...

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 ...

ANITA BRYANT: (Singing) Paper roses. Paper roses. WATSON: "Paper Roses" sold 1 million copies. It was one of her three hits to do so. In 1961, "In My Little Corner Of The World" was her last big ...

Bryant was a Barnsdall native who began singing at an early age, and was just 12 when she hosted her own local television show. She was named Miss Oklahoma in 1958 and soon began a successful ...

Anita Bryant, a Grammy-nominated ... As an adult, her career in music blossomed, with Bryant singing at both Democratic and Republican national conventions in 1968 and the Super Bowl in 1971.

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 ...

Anita Bryant at her home in Miami Beach, Fla., in 1978. Anita Bryant, a singer and former beauty queen who had a robust and flourishing music career, including hit songs like “Paper Roses,” in ...

Anita Jane Bryant was born March 25, 1940, in her grandparents’ home in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, a small town in Osage County. She was the daughter of Warren G. Bryant, whose occupation was listed ...

Anita Bryant, whose anti-gay politics undid a singing career, is dead at 84. By Anita Gates | The New York Times. January 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM EST ...