Messner, Tammy Faye

Messner, Tammy Faye
▪ 2008
Tammy Faye LaValley; Tammy Faye Bakker  American televangelist
born March 7, 1942, International Falls, Minn.

died July 20, 2007 , near Kansas City, Mo.
was best remembered as the diminutive wife of Jim Bakker and as his cohost on the televised Jim and Tammy Show, which was syndicated on the Praise the Lord Network, founded by the couple in 1974. She was renowned for using heavy makeup and especially for applying mounds of mascara that would flow down her cheeks as she routinely broke down on camera in her prayful appeals. The couple built a $125 million empire that included Heritage USA, a religious theme park, and were often criticized for their lavish spending. In 1987 they lost their TV ministry following a series of sex and money scandals. She and Bakker divorced three years after he was convicted in 1989 of having bilked followers of $158 million. In 1993 she married Roe Messner, a wealthy contractor behind Heritage USA. Although in later years her lifestyle was often parodied on TV, she handled the satire good-naturedly. In her memoir I Will Survive...and You Will, Too! (2003), she spoke candidly about her battle with colon cancer.

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