Anita Bryant, anti-gay rights activist and singer, dead at 84

(NEXSTAR) — Anita Bryant Dry, known popularly Anita Bryant — a singer and crusader against the progress of gay rights — has died at the age of 84, her family announced in an obituary. She died Dec. 16 at her Edmond, Oklahoma, home.

Bryant, a Barnsdall, Oklahoma, native, rose to prominence in the 1950s, becoming both a Miss Oklahoma and a charting music career. Among Bryant's notable hits are "Till There Was You" and "In My Little Corner of the World."

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