Tammy Faye Bakker dies at 65

Tammy Faye Messner dies at 65 (Yahoo!)

Tammy Faye Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then watched it collapse in disgrace, has died. She was 65.

Messner had battled colon cancer since 1996 that more recently spread to her lungs. She died peacefully Friday at her home near Kansas City, Mo., said Joe Spotts, her manager and booking agent.

Tammy Faye was on Larry King Live last Thursday.

Very brave to the end. Another gay icon dead.

I met Jim Bakker a few years ago in Los Angeles as my aunt did dental work for him and that is my six degrees of separation from Tammy Faye.