Tammy Faye Messner Dead At 65

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There really wasn't much doubt that it was going to happen, but it's sad just the same. You'd think I'd be the last person to lament Tammy Faye's passing, given my antipathy toward televangelists. But Tammy Faye changed her ways after the PTL scandal. She even had a show with Jim J. Bullock! RIP, Tammy Faye.

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Tammy Faye Messner Dead At 65

(CBS) 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 peacefully at her home Friday, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts, in an e-mail. A family service was held Saturday in a private cemetery, where her ashes were interred, he said.

Messner made her final television appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live" just days before she died, reports CBS News correspondent Drew Levinson. During that last interview, she said goodbye to her friends, loved ones and fans.

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