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Tammy Faye Messner

March 7, 1942 – July 20, 2007

American evangelist (1942-2007)

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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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  • Birthday · March 7
  • Anniversary · July 20

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