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By the late 1960s, she was among the entertainers joining on his USO tours for troops overseas, had sung at the White House and performed at the national conventions for both the Democrats and Republicans in 1968. She also became a highly visible commercial spokesperson, her ads for Florida orange juice featuring the tag line, 69制片厂制作传媒淎 day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine.69制片厂制作传媒�

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Bryant spent the latter part of her life in Oklahoma, where she led Anita Bryant Ministries International. Her second husband, NASA test astronaut Charles Hobson Dry, died last year. According to her family's statement, she is survived by four children, two stepdaughters and seven grandchildren.

Associated Press writer Kate Payne in Tallahassee, Florida contributed to this report.

This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Bryant69制片厂制作传媒檚 birthplace to Barnsdall, instead of Barnsdell, and to correct the name of a conservative parental rights group to Moms for Liberty, instead of Moms Against Liberty.