July 21, 2007
Tammy Faye is Gone.
The sad, sad news from Monsters and Critics:
Tammy Faye Messner, the former televangelist and Christian singer who battled inoperable cancer, died Friday morning, according to CNN’s Larry King on Saturday night. He said the family had asked him to make the delayed announcement.
She was 65. “She died peacefully,” King said on CNN.
Messner was a guest on “Larry King Live” on Thursday. She said she couldn’t swallow food, and weighed only 65 pounds.
When asked if she was scared, she replied, “A little bit,” adding that she worried about her family.
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Tammy Faye told King she kept her Christian faith, instructing her doctors not to tell her how much time they believed she had left. “I don’t have any date written on me anywhere that says I’m going to die at any time, and so I just give it to the Lord,” she said.
Asked if she had a message for her fans, she replied: “I’d like to say that I genuinely love you, and I genuinely care, and I genuinely want to see you in heaven some day. I want you to find peace. I want you to find joy.”
We say:
See also:
Tammy Faye Bakker writes farewell note to fans
Tammy Fay Messner, down to 65 pounds, to speak about Falwell
Tammy Faye
Tammy Faye on Larry King last night
Filed under: Celebrities, R.I.P.
