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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnita Bryant, Pop Singer, Florida Oranges Pitchwoman and Anti-Gay Rights Crusader, Dies at 84
No great loss.
The familys obituary for Anita Bryant Day, as she was known outside the public sphere, was published in her hometown newspaper, the Oklahoman, and said the singer-activist died at home last month in Edmond, Oklahoma, surrounded by family and friends.
During her heyday as a public figure, Bryant was one of the most polarizing celebrities in America, vilified by much of the show business community for campaigning against what she viewed as a gay takeover of American culture, while being embraced as a hero by many religious conservatives.
Prior to her taking those stands, she was best known for her appearances in commercials for Florida oranges that introduced the catchphrase Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine (and many parodies of that statement) into the popular lexicon. Those advertisements eclipsed her long-dormant career as a pop singer, even as she made the move into recording gospel music after easy-listening sounds fell out of fashion in the rock era.
https://variety.com/2025/music/obituaries-people-news/anita-bryant-dead-pop-singer-anti-gay-oranges-1236271244/
The Blue Flower
(6,296 posts)Happy to read her obit.
PJMcK
(24,536 posts)Haggard Celine
(17,637 posts)It's too hard for me to overcome.
Liberal In Texas
(15,904 posts)Bye bye.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(12,463 posts)LeftInTX
(34,008 posts)Rebl2
(17,273 posts)rasputin1952
(83,497 posts)Basso8vb
(1,230 posts)Scum of the earth.
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)2naSalit
(99,493 posts)More clean air for some of us!
I figured she'd be about 99 by now.
drmeow
(5,875 posts)Oh well.
Girl, bye.
rpannier
(24,829 posts)I remember her from the late 70s
I hated her "crusade" back then
Shame she lived that long
2naSalit
(99,493 posts)How evil she was, they seem to live the longest most of the time. Jimmy Carter would be an exception.
SocialDemocrat61
(6,604 posts)rpannier
(24,829 posts)And Fujimora
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(178,573 posts)You won't be missed.
House of Roberts
(6,363 posts)Say hello to Jerry Foulsmell when you get there. You'll certainly be assigned to his wing of Hades.
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)
BidenRocks
(2,659 posts)Pat Boone!
DJ Synikus Makisimus
(1,163 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,672 posts)303squadron
(763 posts)Maybe someone should put out a Facebook post on the cause of death. I can think of one
intheflow
(29,940 posts)squirted by the jizz of 100 gay men?
Cha
(316,254 posts)mnmoderatedem
(3,904 posts)happened in my home town of Des Moines
Sky Jewels
(9,148 posts)What an evil, wretched woman.
LeftInTX
(34,008 posts)She looks like a 50's housewife. Her hair, dress and make up....
Sky Jewels
(9,148 posts)That matronly hairdo and clothing put 20 years on her!
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KS Toronado
(22,703 posts)
GP6971
(37,509 posts)is on the way. For your records, your reference number is 250110023.
William769
(59,147 posts)
royable
(1,426 posts)A morning with orange juice is like a day without Anita Bryant,
Aristus
(71,484 posts)Please let Trump be next
About damned time she kicked it. Hate seems to be an effective preservative.
Skittles
(169,052 posts)when she was preaching her vile stuff I specifically remember thinking, gay folk don't bother me but SHE sure does - just a hateful woman
marmar
(79,096 posts)Dem2theMax
(11,005 posts)BigmanPigman
(54,471 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(14,337 posts)I thought she was long gone
Chipper Chat
(10,727 posts)Then in the 80s she became an antigay spokesperson. I hated her for that.
johnnyfins
(3,352 posts)Chipper Chat
(10,727 posts)I just meant it was the big hit in 57-60 when I was a teenager.(I still have the 45).
Nice voice too. Too bad she later became such a B****.
Botany
(76,149 posts)If God/Jesus hates the gays so much then why is he allowing more and more to
be born?
Bird Lady
(1,996 posts)"I hope Anita Bryant never does one of my songs." Jimmy Buffet
Deep State Witch
(12,510 posts)
BidenRocks
(2,659 posts)Dayum. Evil does live forever.
I remember her OJ commercials from the early 60s.
I also thought she kicked long ago.
Blue_Tires
(57,596 posts)COL Mustard
(7,910 posts)"I hope Anita Bryant never, ever does one of my songs".
IA8IT
(6,315 posts)Gore1FL
(22,802 posts)Didn't her sone come out during her anti-gay crusade, or was that an urban legend?
Think. Again.
(22,456 posts)liberalla
(10,755 posts)Dang. I thought she died a long time ago!
dsc
(53,297 posts)orleans
(36,603 posts)NoMoreRepugs
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GP6971
(37,509 posts)Rebl2
(17,273 posts)died a long time ago.
valleyrogue
(2,510 posts)She dumped him a few years later, remarried, and mostly stayed out of the limelight. She still had her singing career (and her ministry), but she opted for a much lower profile.
RIP. She was four days younger than my late sister.
Scrivener7
(58,027 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(25,489 posts)W T F
(1,184 posts)Buddyzbuddy
(2,013 posts)boonecreek
(1,351 posts)That takes some doing!
gay texan
(3,138 posts)Im dressed up with a fruit pie in hand with no place to go....
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(132,017 posts)I didn't know she was still around.
dickthegrouch
(4,237 posts)cloudbase
(6,131 posts)choked on a chick-fil-a sandwich?
Martin Eden
(15,269 posts)Anita Bryant is dead. Good.
struggle4progress
(125,285 posts)Her anti-gay campaign resulting in the loss of her career and wanting to end her life ...
valleyrogue
(2,510 posts)He put her up to the whole thing. It was a tremendous miscalculation. They divorced not long afterward.
There was a lot of big to-do about her marriage breaking up, while at the same time, Marlo Thomas, who was around 40 then, married Phil Donahue. One really didn't have much to do with the other, but some made a big contrast between them.
tenderfoot
(8,982 posts)I don't see anyone putting her up to that.
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tenderfoot
(8,982 posts)Its very hard to argue with someone who thinks that an integral part of your identity is just an evil delusion, Green said. Green, who clarified to them.us that she is bisexual, told Slate about her upcoming wedding to her fiancée, a woman, and said she wasnt sure if her grandmother would be attending.
I just kind of feel bad for her, Green added. And I think as much as she hopes that I will figure things out and come back to God, I kind of hope that shell figure things out.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/1970s-christian-crusader-anita-bryant-helped-spawn-floridas-lgbtq-cult-rcna24215
hatrack
(64,099 posts)Add to that the loss of 92% of Florida citrus production in the last 20 years, and the simple fact that pretty much anybody under 50 doesn't give a shit about sexual orientation, and you've defined the life of someone whose life was over years before she even knew it.