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Tammy Faye Bakker
Deceased

How Did Tammy Faye Bakker Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 65
Also known asTamara Faye LaValley, Tammy Faye, Tammy Bakker, Tamara Faye Messner, Tammy Faye Messner, Tammy Messner, Tammy Faye Baker, Tammy BakerGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn07/03/1942Born inInternational Falls, Minnesota, USADied20/07/2007 (aged 65)Died inLoch LloydCausecolorectal cancer, lung cancerWikidataQ454364 ↗Buried atWaldron CemeteryTMDb#141291 ↗

Tamara Faye Messner was an American evangelist. She co-founded the televangelist program The PTL Club with her then-husband Jim Bakker in 1974. They had hosted their own puppet-show series for local programming in the early 1960s; Messner also had a career as a recording artist. In 1978, she and Bakker built Heritage USA, a Christian theme park.

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Filmography19 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2024Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy FayeSeriesSelf82
2018The Front RunnerMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)76
2012Vanilla Ice ArchiveMovieSelf (archive footage)70
2006One Punk Under GodSeriesSelf - Jay's Mom64
2005Tammy Faye Death DefyingMovieHerself63
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!SeriesSelf61
2003The Surreal LifeSeriesSelf61
2003Windy City HeatMovieSelf61
2002Marilyn Manson - Guns, God and Government World TourMovieHimself60
2000The Eyes of Tammy FayeMovieHerself58
1999Where Are They Now?SeriesSelf57
1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries—54
1995The Drew Carey ShowSeriesMrs. Tammy Bobeck53
1993Intimate PortraitSeriesSelf51
1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)48
1988RoseanneSeries—46
1988Thy Kingdom Come ... Thy Will Be DoneMovieSelf - TV Hostess (archive footage)46
1988Praise the LordMovieSelf46
0The PTL ClubSeriesHerself - Host—