She lost her orange juice commercial contract, too.
"Come to the Florida Sunshine Tree"
She could sing, too.
Posted on 01/10/2025 4:07:19 PM PST by ReformationFan
Grammy-nominated singer Anita Bryant, who gained attention for her opposition to gay rights in the U.S., died from cancer at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma, on Dec. 16, The New York Times reported. She was 84.
"May Anita's memory and her faith in eternal life through Christ comfort all who embraced her," her family wrote in an obituary that appeared in The Oklahoman.
Bryant, born in Barnsdall, Oklahoma, began performing at six by making appearances on local TV and radio. By the time she was 12, she had her own show, "The Anita Bryant Show," on WKY, the Independent noted.
Bryant won the Miss Oklahoma title at 18 and became the second runner-up in the 1959 Miss America competition. That same year, she also released her debut album, "Anita Bryant."
In 1959, Bryant dominated the Billboard Hot 100 with tracks like "Till There Was You" from The Music Man, along with hits such as "In My Little Corner of the World" and "Paper Roses."
She performed at Republican and Democratic national conventions and was invited to sing at the White House during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency. Johnson was so impressed by her performance of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" at the 1971 Super Bowl halftime show that he requested she sing it at his funeral.
In 1969, Bryant was appointed as the spokesperson of Florida Citrus, coining the phrase: "Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine."
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Wasn’t Rush a spokesman for Florida OJ for a while too?
Went to the same Tulsa HS as Leon Russell and David Gates, and not very far apart.
What is it, doctor? What’s going on? I’m not sure, I haven’t seen anything like this since the Anita Bryant concert.
Yeah, did not know until 10 minutes ago that she was not from Florida ... whodathunk?
R.I.P. she was the first to be doxed by the left, her OJ commercial was cancelled.
Yup. May the Good Lord raise up more women like her.
I don’t recall that. I remember he did Snapple, but I don’t remember the orange juice thing.
I think it was around the time he was on TV and Monday Night Football.
Of course the name of that account is “Gladtobegaynet”
RIP, Anita.
I decided to reupload them myself, She deserved a better tribute in the description at least.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8uWpl5AYzI
Same here. It turns out she lives in the the same town she lived in.
I remember her as a very pretty lady doing the OJ commercials and always liked her. And I recall when she was fired for voicing the truth. May she RIP.
I can't stand when so-called conservative news agencies adopt the leftist jargon. There are no "gay rights," and to use this dishonest language makes normal people the putative aggressors by insinuation.
There is a homosexual agenda, which has nothing to do with rights.
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