Anita Bryant, singer and anti-gay rights crusader who sparked orange juice boycott, dies aged 84

Anita Bryant in 1960, two years after she won Miss Oklahoma - (Corbis via Getty Images)

Anita Bryant, the Grammy-nominated singer who later became a high-profile and controversial campaigner against gay rights in America, has died aged 84.

The New York Times reported that Bryant’s family said she died from cancer at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma, on 16 December.