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24. This makes me very happy.

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Thu Jan 9, 2025, 07:26 PM

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Anita Bryant, Pop Singer, Florida Oranges Pitchwoman and Anti-Gay Rights Crusader, Dies at 84 [View all] tenderfoot Jan 9 OP

It's a start The Blue Flower Jan 9 #1

About time (n/t) PJMcK Jan 9 #2

It's hard not to hate people like her. Haggard Celine Jan 9 #3

I didn't know she was still alive. Liberal In Texas Jan 9 #4

me either. I would have assumed she's like a 100 years old BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 9 #8

She looked older than she was. She had hair like my mom. LeftInTX Jan 9 #13

Same here Rebl2 Jan 9 #50

I thought she died years ago. rasputin1952 Jan 9 #56

I hope her demise was long and painful. Basso8vb Jan 9 #5

Good riddance! Oopsie Daisy Jan 9 #6

Thought she was already dead. 2naSalit Jan 9 #7

She was, inside! nt drmeow Jan 9 #19

Same! Sky Jewels Jan 9 #22

I thought she was already dead as well rpannier Jan 9 #27

Just goes to show... 2naSalit Jan 9 #47

Say hi to Adolph and Saddam for me SocialDemocrat61 Jan 9 #9

Don't forget Franco and Pinochet rpannier Jan 9 #29

I wanna put on my Boogie Shoes! Oopsie Daisy Jan 9 #10

Bye! greatauntoftriplets Jan 9 #11

Burn in hell, lady of intolerance. House of Roberts Jan 9 #12

She and Pat Robertson can share the same catacomb ... Oopsie Daisy Jan 9 #14

Save a spot for.... BidenRocks Jan 9 #38

Too bad it took so long. (n/t) DJ Synikus Makisimus Jan 9 #15

What a sack of SHIT. BigDemVoter Jan 9 #16

Now that Facebook is no longer fact checking 303squadron Jan 9 #17

Died by being intheflow Jan 9 #21

It was None of her GD business! Cha Jan 9 #18

here's an audio version mnmoderatedem Jan 9 #20

A day without Anita Bryant is like a day with sunshine. Sky Jewels Jan 9 #23

Can you believe she was only 32 here? LeftInTX Jan 9 #63

I know! Sky Jewels Jan 10 #67

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bye bye KS Toronado Jan 11 #73

So what? Your delicious DU pizza GP6971 Jan 11 #74

This makes me very happy. William769 Jan 9 #24

A saying I've said for many years: royable Jan 9 #25

These things tend to happen in threes. Aristus Jan 9 #26

she prompted me to ally with gay folk Skittles Jan 9 #28

I didn't realize she was still alive. marmar Jan 9 #30

My thoughts, in smileys. Dem2theMax Jan 9 #31

Ding Dong the wicked bitch is dead........ BigmanPigman Jan 9 #32

Huh MustLoveBeagles Jan 9 #33

She recorded the hit version of "Till There Was You" from The Music Man in the 60s. Chipper Chat Jan 9 #34

Beatles version WAY better johnnyfins Jan 9 #53

Oh, no question. Chipper Chat Jan 9 #62

Is she still dead? Botany Jan 9 #35

Not to be mean I thought she has been dead a long time Bird Lady Jan 9 #36

I've got a nice pie for her. Deep State Witch Jan 9 #37

ONLY 84?!! BidenRocks Jan 9 #39

Who? Blue_Tires Jan 9 #40

As Jimmy Buffett once said, COL Mustard Jan 9 #41

My first thought IA8IT Jan 9 #54

I remeber the OJ commercials. It's not just for breakfast, anymore. Gore1FL Jan 9 #42

That's nice. Think. Again. Jan 9 #43

She was alive until a few weeks ago??? liberalla Jan 9 #44

If one can't say anything nice dsc Jan 9 #45

oh, she's finally dead? IT'S ABOUT FUCKING TIME! (what an ASSHOLE!) NT orleans Jan 9 #46

Say Hi to Satan for me. NoMoreRepugs Jan 9 #48

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Bye Bye!! Again. Please acknowledge receipt of our reference number. GP6971 Jan 11 #76

Thought she Rebl2 Jan 9 #49

The unscrupulous first husband, Bob Green, put her up to being at the center of the ordinance controversy. valleyrogue Jan 9 #51

Okay. Scrivener7 Jan 9 #52

No tears here!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 9 #55

Couldn't have happened to a nicer person W T F Jan 9 #57

I've chosen not to say anything at all. Buddyzbuddy Jan 9 #58

She was too far right for Reagan? boonecreek Jan 9 #59

Well hell. gay texan Jan 9 #60

Meh Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 9 #61

At last. dickthegrouch Jan 10 #64

Wouldn't it be something if she cloudbase Jan 10 #65

My mother taught me to only speak good of the dead. Martin Eden Jan 10 #66

The downfall of Anita Bryant struggle4progress Jan 10 #68

She had an abuser for a first husband, and he was her manager. valleyrogue Jan 11 #69

She never changed her views and states in the video that what she did was right tenderfoot Jan 11 #70

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She never changed tenderfoot Jan 11 #77

For starters, the Variety URL is a perfect career summary: "dead-pop-singer-anti-gay-oranges" hatrack Jan 12 #78