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Tammy Faye Messner
Messner in 2004
Born
Tamara Faye LaValley

(1942-03-07)March 7, 1942
International Falls, Minnesota,U.S.
DiedJuly 20, 2007(2007-07-20)(aged 65)
Loch Lloyd, Missouri,U.S.
Occupations
  • Evangelist
  • singer
  • entrepreneur
  • author
  • television personality
Years active1962–2007
Spouses
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    (m.1961;div.1992)​
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    (m.1993)​
Children2, includingJay Bakker

Tamara Faye Messner(néeLaValley,formerlyBakker/ˈbeɪkər/;March 7, 1942 – July 20, 2007) was an American evangelist. She co-founded the televangelist programThe PTL Clubwith her husbandJim Bakkerin 1974.[1]They had hosted their own puppet-show series for local programming in the early 1960s; Messner also had a career as a recording artist.[1]In 1978, she and Bakker builtHeritage USA,a Christian theme park.[1]

During her career Messner was noted for her eccentric and glamorous persona, as well as for moral views that diverged from those of many mainstream evangelists, particularly her advocacy forLGBTpersons and reaching out toHIV/AIDSpatients at the height of the AIDS epidemic.[2][3]She released three autobiographies during her lifetime,I Gotta Be Mein 1978,[4]Tammy: Telling it My Wayin 1996, andI Will Survive and You Will Too!in 2003.[5]

Jim Bakker was indicted, convicted, and imprisoned on numerous counts of fraud and conspiracy in 1989, resulting in the dissolution ofThe PTL Club.[1]She divorced Bakker in 1992, while he was in prison, and marriedRoe Messner.[6]She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996, from which she suffered intermittently for over a decade before dying of the disease in 2007.[6]

Biography

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1942–1959: Early life

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She was bornTamara Faye LaValleyinInternational Falls, Minnesota,toPentecostalpreachers Rachel Minnie (néeFairchild; 1919–1992) and Carl Oliver LaValley,[7]who married in 1941. Shortly after she was born, a painful divorce soured her mother against ministers,[8]alienating her from the church. Both of her parents remarried, her mother to Fred Willard Grover, forming a large blended family, of which she was the eldest.[9]

1960–1973: Marriage to Jim Bakker; early work

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In 1960, she metJim Bakkerwhile they were students atNorth Central Bible CollegeinMinneapolis,Minnesota.[10]Tammy Faye worked in a boutique for a time while Jim found work in a restaurant inside a department store in Minneapolis. They were married on April 1, 1961. The next year, they moved toSouth Carolina,where they began their ministry together, initially traveling around the United States; Jim preached, while Tammy Faye sang songs and played theaccordion.[9]In 1970, she gave birth to their daughter Tammy Sue "Sissy" Bakker, and in 1975 gave birth to their sonJamie Charles Bakker.

Jim and Tammy Faye had been involved with television from the time of their departure from Minneapolis until they moved to theCharlottearea viaVirginia Beach, Virginia,where they were founding members ofThe 700 Club.[11][9]While in Portsmouth, they were hosts of the popular children's showJim and Tammy.They then created a puppet ministry for children onPat Robertson'sChristian Broadcasting Network(CBN), which ran from 1964 to 1973.[11]

1974–1987:The PTL Club

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Jim and Tammy Faye co-foundedThe PTL Club(Praise The Lord) in 1974, atelevangelistChristian news program that they initially hosted in an abandoned furniture store in Charlotte.[11]The series mixed "glitzy entertainment with down-home family values" and preached a"'prosperity gospel' which put a divine seal of approval on both the growing affluence of American evangelicals and the showy lifestyles of their television ministers. "[11]The PTL Clubsoon grew into its own network and a corporate enterprise within a year of its founding, generating $120 million annually in the 1970s.[11]In 1978, the Bakkers used $200 million of PTL funds to buildHeritage USA,a Christian retreat andtheme parkthat, at the time, ranked alongsideDisney WorldandDisneylandas one of the most popular theme parks in the United States.[11]

Throughout the series, Tammy Faye provided a sentimental and emotive touch to stories,[9]and also often sang Christian songs.[11]She was also noted for her candid discussion of topics consideredtabooamongst many of her Evangelist peers, ranging frompenile implantsto acceptance and compassion for theLGBTcommunity.[11]

At the height of theAIDS epidemicin the mid-1980s, she conducted an emotional interview with Steven Pieters, agayChristian minister withAIDSon "Tammy's House Party," a segment ofThe PTL Club,during which they discussed his sexuality,coming out,diagnosis with AIDS, and the death of his partner.[12]During the program, Tammy Faye addressed her viewership, saying: "How sad that we as Christians, who are to be the salt of the earth, we who are supposed to be able to love everyone, are afraid so badly of an AIDS patient that we will not go up and put our arm around them and tell them that we care."[12]Throughout the AIDS epidemic, she advocated for viewers ofThe PTL Clubto follow Christ and show compassion and pray for the ill,[13]and also invited drug addicts onto the show to interview them about substance abuse.[11]In 1987, it was reported that Tammy Faye was herself being treated for a prescription drug addiction.[14]

Bakker's friend, the ReverendMel White,commented on her presence onThe PTL Club:

Her fans were people who grew up in a very fundamentalist tradition, not being able to wear make-up, or dance, or go out in public. So here comes Tammy, with her dyed hair and make-up, her ebullient spirit and outspoken ways with both men and women. She talked about sex, and flirted with Jimmy. She took on the caricature of an obedient wife, and blasted it. You have never seenPat Robertson's wife, orJerry Falwell's wife. They stay at home, doing what those wives do.[11]

1988–1995: Collapse ofThe PTL Cluband aftermath

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Main article:Jim Bakker § Controversy

The Bakkers' control of PTL collapsed in 1987 after revelations that $287,000 had been paid from the organization to buy the silence ofJessica Hahn,[15]who claimsJim Bakkerraped her.[16]In his 1997 book,I Was Wrong,Jim Bakker disputed Hahn's account, claiming that he was "set up" and that their sex was consensual.[17]The revelations invited scrutiny of the Bakkers, and charges made about their opulent lives, including media reports of an air-conditioned doghouse at theirTega Cay, South Carolina,lakefront parsonage as well as gold-plated bathroom fixtures, dominated newscasts in the 1980s. When asked about her income, Tammy Faye told reporters in 1986: "We don't get whatJohnny Carsonmakes, and we work a lot harder than him. "[18]The couple's Tega Cay home was later sold by the ministry and burned to the ground not long thereafter. Jim wrote in his bookI Was Wrongthat he watched the home burn on live television while incarcerated.[19]TheCharlotte Observersubsequently ran exposés of PTL's finances and management practices. PTL went bankrupt after being taken over byLynchburg, Virginia-based Baptist televangelistJerry Falwell,who offered to step in following the scandals in 1988.[20]

Tammy Faye stood by Jim Bakker through the scandal, including several instances when she cried on camera. In 1989, Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in prison on 24 fraud and conspiracy counts (he served 5). In 1992, while Jim was in prison, Tammy Faye filed for divorce, saying in a letter to the New Covenant Church inOrlando, Florida:"For years I have been pretending that everything is all right, when in fact I hurt all the time... I cannot pretend anymore."[21]

On October 3, 1993, she married property developerRoe MessnerinRancho Mirage, California,after he divorced his first wife. They moved to the Charlotte suburb ofMatthews, North Carolina.[6]Tammy Faye and Roe were neighbors to Christian recording star and friend David L Cook.[22]Roe, who had a contracting business, Messner Enterprises inAndover, Kansas,had built much of Heritage USA as well as many large churches and had been a family friend to the Bakkers throughout the PTL years.[23]Roe was the one who produced the money for the $265,000 payment to Hahn, later billing PTL for work never completed on the Jerusalem Amphitheater atHeritage USA.[15]In the Bakkers' fraud trial, Roe Messner testified for Bakker's defense, saying that Bakker had no knowledge of the payment to Jessica Hahn, and that Falwell had sent him to the Bakker home inPalm Springs, California,to offer generous compensation "if he kept his mouth shut."[24]

1996–2007: Later life and illness

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In 1996, Roe Messner was convicted of bankruptcy fraud, having claimed to owe nearly $30 million to over 300 creditors in 1990. As he faced sentencing in 1996, he said he could not afford to treat his prostate cancer because he lacked health insurance.[25]He was sentenced to and served 27 months in prison.[9]

With her first husband fresh out of jail and her current partner now serving his sentence, Tammy Faye was diagnosed withcolon cancerin 1996, and she re-entered the public eye in a series of books, movies, and television appearances.[26]That year she published her autobiography,Tammy: Telling It My Way,and co-hosted a TV talk show titledThe Jim J. and Tammy Faye ShowwithJim J. Bullock.[27]

She appeared twice onThe Drew Carey Showin1996and 1999, playing the mother of characterMimi Bobeck(Kathy Kinney), who was also known for wearing excessive amounts of makeup.[28]On September 11, 2003, Messner published a new autobiography,I Will Survive... and You Will, Too!,in which she described her battles with cancer[29]and her life with Roe Messner.[30]

She was the subject of a documentary titledThe Eyes of Tammy Faye(2000), narrated byRuPaul,[11]and a follow-up film titledTammy Faye: Death Defying(2004).[31]

Despite her background inChristian fundamentalism,Messner became a gay icon after parting from PTL, appearing inGay Pridemarches with figures such asLady BunnyandBruce Vilanch.Unlike many American Christian fundamentalists, she "had long refused to denounce homosexuals" and publicly expressed compassion toward, and urged support for Americans with HIV/AIDS when it was still a much-feared and unknown disease.[13][32]She was benevolently referred to as "the ultimate drag queen,"[33]and said in her last interview withLarry Kingthat, "When I went – when we lost everything, it was the gay people that came to my rescue, and I will always love them for that."[34]

In early 2004, she appeared on the second season of theVH1reality television seriesThe Surreal Life.The show chronicled a twelve-day period wherein she,Ron Jeremy,Vanilla Ice,Traci Bingham,Erik Estrada,andTrishelle Cannatellalived together in a Los Angeles house and were assigned various tasks and activities.[35]Together, the six put on a children's play and managed a restaurant for a day. She also attended abook signingfor her best-seller,I Will Survive... And You Will Too.[36]

At the end of the show, Messner said she thought of Vanilla Ice and Trishelle Cannatella as her children and could relate to them deeply because she had similar feelings and problems when she was their age.

In July 2007, on more solid financial footing, the Messners relocated toLoch Lloyd, Missouri,a suburb ofKansas City.Jim Bakker had relocated his operations toBranson, Missouri,in 2003. She toldEntertainment Tonightthey had moved to the "dream house" to be closer to Roe's children and grandchildren from his first marriage.[37]

Death

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Messner's 11 years with cancer were highly publicized. She was first diagnosed withcolon cancerin March 1996, but later revealed she had endured bleeding for a year out of embarrassment at the prospect of seeing a male doctor.[26]The disease went into remission by the end of that year.[38]

In March 2004, Messner made an appearance onLarry King Liveand announced that she had inoperable lung cancer and would soon begin chemotherapy.[39]She continued to receive chemotherapy throughout mid-2004. In November 2004, also onLarry King Live,she announced that she was cancer-free once again. She described the details of her chemotherapy and continued to appear regularly on King's show.[40]

A television documentary of her struggle with cancer was produced in 2004.[41]It was on King's program again that she announced in July 2005 that her cancer had returned.[42]In a March 2006 appearance on the show, she said she was continuing to suffer from lung cancer, which had reachedstage 4,and that she was continuing to receive treatment for it. She also mentioned having difficulty swallowing food, suffering frompanic attacks,and enduring substantial weight loss. As her health continued to worsen, a "Talk of the Town" article in an October 2006 issue ofThe New Yorkerstated that she was dying inhospice care,and a December 2006 article in Walter Scott's column inParadereported that her son Jay was "at a North Carolina hospice with his mom, [who is] gravely ill with colon cancer".[43]

Messner was a guest by phone onLarry King Livein December 2006, and said that she was receiving hospice care in her home. She appeared in her son Jay's documentary seriesOne Punk Under God,wherein they talked about her cancer treatments. In one episode, she required the use of oxygen in order to talk.

In May 2007, she issued a statement on her website saying that chemotherapy had stopped, and she urged her fans to continue to pray for her.[44]The story was reported onNBC'sThe Today Show,and a feature in which fans and well-wishers could post get-well messages to Tammy was added to her website.[45]

On July 18, 2007, Messner made her final appearance onLarry King Live.At the time, she said she weighed 65 pounds (29.5 kg) and was unable to eat solid food. Messner's husband later said that he believed she chose to do the interview to say a final goodbye to her fans.[40]

Two days later, on July 20, 2007, Messner died at her home inLoch Lloyd,near Kansas City, Missouri, after an eleven-year bout with cancer. She was 65 years old.[46]A family service was held on the morning of July 21, at the Messner family plot inWaldron, Kansas.[47]The ceremony was officiated by Rev. Randy McCain, the pastor of Open Door Community Church inSherwood, Arkansas.[48]According to CNN, the family requested that King officially report the news of her death.[49]Her remains were cremated and her ashes were returned to Waldron Cemetery where they were subsequently buried.[50]

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In June 2006, astage musicaltitledThe Gospel According to Tammy Fayeopened at theCincinnati Fringe Festivaland was subsequently developed as a larger professional production. The show features songs byJ. T. Buckand a book by Fernando Dovalina. The musical is described as afantasiawhich takes a balanced and fair look at its subject. The impetus for the show was provided by a lengthy interview that Messner gave the authors in March 2005.[51][52]The musical aired in August 2006 inPortland, OregonandHood River, Oregon,and it was presented on stage atHouston'sAlley Theatreat the end of July 2007 under direction of Les R. Wood. Industry readings presented by the Columbia Gorge Repertory Company were held at the Manhattan Theatre Club in December 2007, the cast including Tony nomineeSally Mayesand veteran Broadway performers William Youmans, Ken Land, Julie Foldesi, James T. Lane and Heather Parcells. The readings were directed by Mindy Cooper. Seth Farber provided musical direction.

Another musical following her life, titledBig Tent,debuted in May 2007, atoff-Broadway'sNew World Stages,in New York City. The show features music and lyrics by Ben Cohn and Sean McDaniel, a book byJeffery Self,and direction byRyan J. Davis.[53]A star-studded concert of songs from the show opened in February 2008, at New York's Metropolitan Room.[54]

A play about her final hours,Tammy Faye's Final Auditionby Merri Biechler, premiered at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival in June 2015. The play takes place in a fevered dream at the end of her life, wherein she enlists the men in her life for one final TV talk show audition.[55]

A musical about the life ofBeBe Winans,Born for This,debuted on June 25, 2018, at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker appear as supporting characters who give BeBe and his sisterCeCetheir first big break as singers onThe PTL Club.[56]

At one time, Broadway actressKristin Chenowethwas planning a musical based on Messner's life.[57]

In the 2021 movieThe Eyes of Tammy Faye,based on the 2000 documentary of the same name,Jessica Chastainplays Tammy Faye, withAndrew Garfieldas Jim.The Eyes of Tammy Fayeopened on September 17, 2021.[58]Chastain won aCritics Choice Award,aScreen Actors Guild Award,and theAcademy Award for Best Actressfor her performance.[59]

British playwrightJames Grahamalso wrote the book for a new musical about Tammy Faye, with music byElton Johnand lyrics byJake Shears.[60]The musical, titledTammy Faye,opened in October 2022 at theAlmeida Theatrein London, directed byRupert Goold.[61]

Select discography

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Year Album Record Label
1970 Tammy Tammy Tammy Hymntone Records
1977 Tammy Bakker Sings PTL Club Favorites New Pax Records
1978 Love Never Gives Up PAX Musical Productions
1979 We're Blest PTL Club Records & Tapes
1980 Run Toward the Roar PTL Club Records & Tapes
1980 The Lord's On My Side PTL Club Records & Tapes
1982 Tammy Sings... You Can Make It! PTL Club Records & Tapes
1982 Old Hymns PTL Club Records & Tapes
1984 In the Upper Room PTL Club Records & Tapes
1984 Movin' on to Victory PTL Club Records & Tapes
1985 Don't Give Up! PTL Club Records & Tapes
1986 Enough is Enough PTL Club Records & Tapes
1987 The Ballad of Jim & Tammy(single) Sutra Records
1988 Peace in the Midst of the Storm Wooded Lake Productions
1991 Love, Tammy ???
1996 Favorite Songs of Inspiration Inphomation Communications, Inc.

Bibliography

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  • I Gotta Be Me(1978),ISBN978-0089221480
  • Run to the Roar(1985),ISBN978-0892210732
  • Tammy: Telling It My Way(1996),ISBN9780679445159
  • I Will Survive...and You Will Too!(2003),ISBN9781585422425

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Further reading

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  • Bekkering, Denis (2018).American Televangelism and Participatory Cultures: Fans, Brands, and Play With Religious "Fakes".Palgrave Macmillan.
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