Tammy Faye Messner: Televangelist Known as Tammy Faye Bakker Dies at 65

Tammy Faye Messner was an American televangelist, singer and television host. Born Tamara Faye LaValley on March 7, 1942, in International Falls, Minnesota, she was known for her heavy makeup and her singing.

With her first husband, Jim Bakker, she co-founded the PTL television network and the Heritage USA theme park. After Bakker's 1987 scandal and his later prison sentence for fraud, she divorced him and remarried Roe Messner. She later hosted talk shows and became an unlikely gay icon.

She was the subject of the 2000 documentary The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Messner announced in 2004 that her colon cancer had returned and died at her home in Loch Haven, Missouri, on July 20, 2007, at age 65.

Achievements: Co-founder of the PTL television network, subject of The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000).

Birth: March 7, 1942 - International Falls, Minnesota.

Profession: Televangelist and singer.

Interesting Facts: She appeared on Larry King Live days before her death.