(NEXSTAR) — Anita Bryant Dry, known popularly Anita Bryant — a singer and crusader against the progress of gay rights — has died at the age of 84, her family announced in an obituary.

“Sometimes you have to pay a price for what you believe is right.” Bryant lived long enough to see marriage equality become the law of the land, and though it would be satisfying to end the ...

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and prominent booster of orange juice and other products who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken ...

Anita Bryant, a singer, entertainer and anti-gay activist, has died. She was 84. According to the obituary submitted Thursday by her family to The Oklahoman, part of the USA TODAY Network ...

By Chris Koseluk Anita Bryant, the pop singer and Oklahoma beauty queen who gained fame by convincing America that a “breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine” before ...

Anita Bryant, a former beauty queen and pop singer of the 1960s whose career led her to become a spokesperson for Florida oranges in the early ’70s and an evangelical crusader against gay rights ...

On the heels of Anita Bryant’s passing, we have one question: do they serve orange juice in hell? The singer and former beauty queen whose virulent homophobia upended her career died this week ...

Anita Bryant is seen at a press conference in Miami Beach, Fla., on June 8, 1977. (AP Photo/Bill Hudson, File) A father at the bedside of his son, a surfer and a woman who stayed behind with her ...

Anita Bryant, a Grammy-nominated singer and former beauty queen who became known for her advocacy against gay rights in the 1970s, died Dec. 16. She was 84. Bryant died surrounded by family and ...