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July 22, 2007
Tammy Faye Messner Dies
(CNN) -- Tammy Faye Messner, the former televangelist and Christian singer who battled drug addiction and later inoperable cancer, died Friday morning, CNN's Larry King said Saturday night. He said the family had asked him to make the delayed announcement.She was 65.
Messner was a guest on "Larry King Live" on Thursday. She told him she couldn't swallow food, and weighed only 65 pounds.
King said the family postponed the death announcement for a day so family members could gather. Messner was cremated and interred in a remote part of Kansas at the Kansas-Oklahoma state line, King said.
"The family appreciates all of the well wishes of so many people," the talk show host said on CNN.
"She wanted a party," King added. "They're going to schedule a party in two to three weeks in Palm Springs, California. Her friends will be invited. And she wanted it to be a celebration.
"She died peacefully. Anyone who saw her on our show this week knew that she didn't have long."
King asked her Thursday if she were "a little scared."
She responded, "A little bit," adding that she mainly worried about her family.
I can't say that I ever kept up with her evangelical career, but I had been keeping up with her cancer battle. Her attitude and spirit were so upbeat and her faith was ever present. She was bright, sunny and full of spunk! I saw her blog messages from time to time since she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and she always seemed to find the light at the end of the tunnel. May she rest in peace, finally escaping the pain of the disease of cancer.
Found via CNN.
Posted by Dianne at July 22, 2007 11:06 AM
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