Anita Bryant, a former beauty queen and singer who gained notoriety in the 1970s for her anti-gay activism, died on December 16 at 84.
According to an obituary published in the Oklahoman, the one-time Miss Oklahoma died at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma, surrounded by her family and friends.
After appearing on Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand,” and landing chart with hits “Till There Was You,” “Paper Roses,” “In My Little Corner of the World,” she became a frequent guest on Bob Hope’s holiday tours for U.S. troops abroad.
In 1968 Bryant, who was known for her rendition of “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” sang at both the Republican and the Democratic national conventions.