(Gray News) – Anita Bryant, a former singer known for becoming an activist against gay rights, died last month, according to her family.
The New York Times reported Bryant’s family said she died from cancer at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma. She was 84 years old.
Her family placed an obituary in The Oklahoman, a newspaper in Oklahoma City, on Thursday.
Bryant had a popular music career in the 1960s and ‘70s, but her opposition to gay rights virtually destroyed her career.
Bryant was also known for being crowned Miss Oklahoma in 1958 and and for being a brand ambassador for the Florida Citrus Commission from 1969 to 1980.
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