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Biography. 1942–1959: Early life. She was born Tamara Faye LaValley in International Falls, Minnesota, to Pentecostal preachers Rachel Minnie ( née Fairchild; 1919–1992) and Carl Oliver LaValley, [7] who married in 1941. Shortly after she was born, a painful divorce soured her mother against ministers, [8] alienating her from the church.
Tammy Faye Messner was an American televangelist and singer best remembered as the diminutive wife of Jim Bakker and as his cohost on the television talk show The PTL Club (also called The Jim and Tammy Show).
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tammy Faye Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, has died. She was 65.
The evangelist and TV personality passed away in 2007 after a long battle with cancer. She was known for her makeup, her tears and her controversial marriage to Jim Bakker.
Jul 22, 2007 · Tammy Faye Bakker Messner co-hosted The PTL Club with her husband Jim Bakker, who was involved in sex and corruption scandals. She died of cancer in 2007 after a long struggle with the disease and a bankrupt ministry.
Sep 15, 2021 · Tammy Faye remaining married to Messner until her death in 2007 at age 65, following an 11-year battle with colon cancer. Asked in 2002 if she still had a relationship with her ex-husband,...
Jul 22, 2007 · NEW YORK — Tammy Faye Messner, the elaborately coiffed gospel singer who, with her first husband, Jim Bakker, built a commercial empire around television evangelism only to see it collapse in sex...
