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 later in that decade,

Anita Bryant was initially viewed as America's Sweetheart, but that eventually changed after she began advocating against LGBTQ+ rights following her career success

Singer and former beauty queen, Anita Bryant, who had her bubbling career destroyed by her anti-gay beliefs, has died at 84.