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  • Tammy Faye Messner dies at 65

    07/21/2007 6:48:33 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 43 replies · 2,595+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/21/07 | Steve Hartsoe - ap
    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. Messner, who had battled colon cancer since 1996 that more recently spread to her lungs, died at her home Friday, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. A family service was held Saturday in a private cemetery, where her ashes were interred, he said. She had frequently spoken about her medical problems, saying she hoped to be an inspiration to others. "Don't let fear rule your life," she said....
  • Former televangelist announces her third bout with cancer

    07/20/2005 8:26:35 PM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 61 replies · 1,515+ views
    AP ^ | July 20, 2005
    RALEIGH, N.C. Former televangelist Tammy Faye Messner says cancer has returned to her lungs, marking her third battle with the illness. Messner was first diagnosed with colon cancer nearly a decade ago. Last year she announced that the disease had spread to her lungs, where it has since reappeared. Messner says she's "not worried ... not afraid," adding: "By the third time you have cancer, you begin to think about your mortality." Despite her ailment, Messner is planning to continue traveling the country to give inspirational talks. The former Tammy Faye Bakker divorced Jim Bakker in 1992 while he was...
  • Ex-Televangelist to Hold AIDS Drag Benefit (Tammy Faye Bakker Messner)

    12/30/2003 9:21:29 PM PST · by Libloather · 29 replies · 3,427+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 12/22/03
    Ex-Televangelist to Hold AIDS Drag Benefit Mon Dec 22, 8:02 AM ET DURHAM, N.C. - Former televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner will headline a drag bingo benefit for AIDS here next month. The Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina, which serves people with HIV and AIDS in Durham, Orange and Wake counties, is organizing the fund-raiser at the Durham Armory on Jan. 2. The headliner was a source of surprise to at least one group official. "When they told me, I said, 'Oh, this is not going to work' — far right and all that," acting executive director Jacquelyn Clymore said Friday....
  • Shrouded in Ice

    12/11/2003 3:54:05 PM PST · by inPhase · 16 replies · 290+ views
    Hartford Advocate ^ | Dec 11 2003 | Tom Vannah
    Shrouded in Ice Famed mountaineer Reinhold Messner's latest book raises more questions than it answers by Tom Vannah - December 11, 2003 COURTESY OF THE MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS Feature On the subject of Reinhold Messner's first really audacious climb, there are a few things we know for sure. We know, for example, that Messner's objective in June 1970 was to climb to the top of Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth highest mountain, one of the most isolated and dangerous places on earth. Though not as well known to the general public as other peaks in the Himalayas, Nanga Parbat in Pakistan...