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Reverend Jim Bakker and his wife Tammy Faye Bakker are shown at their first press conference 01 May 1987, in Palm Springs, California since Bakker was forced out of PTL (Praise The Lord) church. 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, died 20 July, 2007, at her home near Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 65. Messner had battled colon cancer since 1996 that more recently spread to her lungs
Television evangelists Jim Bakker and wife Tammy Faye Bakker talk to a television audience in this Aug. 20, 1986, file photo. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, died Friday, July 20, 2007, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. She was 65.
Tammy Faye Bakker Messner and her then husband Jim Bakker are shown in an Oct. 24, 1987 file photo in Beverly Hills, Calif. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, died Friday, July 20, 2007, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. She was 65.
Tammy Faye Bakker Messner, wife of fallen PTL ministry leader Jim Bakker, sings "On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand" in front of the Federal Courthouse in Charlotte, N.C.,as her laywer George T. Davis looks on in this Oct. 5, 1989 file photo, after her husband was found guilty on 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, died Friday, July 20, 2007, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. She was 65.
Tammy Faye Bakker and her then-husband, television evangelist Jim Bakker, talk to their TV audience iat their PTL ministry near Fort Mill, S.C., in this Aug. 20, 1986 file photo. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, died Friday, July 20, 2007, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. She was 65.
Tammy Faye Bakker and her then-husband, television evangelist Jim Bakker, talk to their TV audience iat their PTL ministry near Fort Mill, S.C., in this Aug. 20, 1986 file photo. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, died Friday, July 20, 2007, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. She was 65.
Tammy Faye Bakker, wife of former PTL evangelist Jim Bakker, appears on the syndicated television program "Crook & Chase" in this Aug. 24, 1987 file photo in Nashville. Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, died Friday, July 20, 2007, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts. She was 65.
This image made from television and released by CNN shows Tammy Faye Messner as she speaks to host Larry King, by satellite link, during a taping of "Larry King Live," Thursday, July 19, 2007. Messner, who suffers from inoperable cancer, said she trusts God with her life. Messner was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996 and announced in 2004 that the disease had spread to her lungs. She has said doctors have since stopped treating it. Messner divorced televangelist Jim Bakker in 1992, while he was serving a sentence for financial fraud. The couple had founded a Christian retreat in Fort Mill, S.C., and built a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire.
This image made from television and released by CNN shows Tammy Faye Messner as she speaks to host Larry King, by satellite link, during a taping of "Larry King Live," Thursday, July 19, 2007. Messner, who suffers from inoperable cancer, said she trusts God with her life. Messner was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996 and announced in 2004 that the disease had spread to her lungs. She has said doctors have since stopped treating it. Messner divorced televangelist Jim Bakker in 1992, while he was serving a sentence for financial fraud. The couple had founded a Christian retreat in Fort Mill, S.C., and built a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire.
This image made from television and released by CNN shows Tammy Faye Messner as she speaks to host Larry King, by satellite link, during a taping of "Larry King Live," Thursday, July 19, 2007. Messner, who suffers from inoperable cancer, said she trusts God with her life. Messner was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996 and announced in 2004 that the disease had spread to her lungs. She has said doctors have since stopped treating it. Messner divorced televangelist Jim Bakker in 1992, while he was serving a sentence for financial fraud. The couple had founded a Christian retreat in Fort Mill, S.C., and built a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire.
This image made from television and released by CNN shows Tammy Faye Messner, right, as she speaks to host Larry King, by satellite link, during a taping of "Larry King Live," Thursday, July 19, 2007. Messner, who suffers from inoperable cancer, said she trusts God with her life. Messner was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996 and announced in 2004 that the disease had spread to her lungs. She has said doctors have since stopped treating it. Messner divorced televangelist Jim Bakker in 1992, while he was serving a sentence for financial fraud. The couple had founded a Christian retreat in Fort Mill, S.C., and built a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire.
A portrait of Ted Haggard hangs in the world prayer center on the campus of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colo. in this 2006 file photo. Haggard moved Wednesday from his longtime home in Colorado Springs to Phoenix, where the disgraced minister will join the same church that helped fallen televangelist Jim Bakker. Haggard resigned as president of the National Association of Evangelicals last year, after a former male prostitute alleged a three-year cash-for-sex relationship.
TURIN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 23: Glenny Bakker, Amy Nixon, Cristine Keshen and Sahnnon Kleibrink of Canada celebrate after defeating Norway in the bronze medal match of the women's curling between Norway and Canada during Day 13 of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games on February 23, 2006 at the Pinerolo in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Glenny Bakker;Amy Nixon;Cristine Keshen;Sahnnon Kleibrink
TURIN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 13: Glenys Bakker and Amy Nixon of Canada sweep after Christine Keshen delivered the stone on during the preliminary round of the women's curling between Sweden and Canada during Day 3 of the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games on February 13, 2006 at the Pinerolo in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Glenys Bakker;Amy Nixon;Christine Keshen