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Televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker Messner
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In recent years, Mrs. Messner appeared on the TV show "The Surreal Life" along with porn actor Ron Jeremy, rapper Vanilla Ice and other marginal celebrities. She was a frequent guest on "Larry King Live," often discussing her recurrent struggles with cancer.
She learned to lampoon her image. Asked how long it takes her to apply her trademark makeup, she once told a reporter, "Five minutes. It goes real fast when you use a paintbrush."
Toward the end of her life, she moved to Loch Lloyd, Mo., from her longtime home in the Charlotte suburb of Matthews.
She was asked by King in the Thursday appearance whether she had any regrets.
"I don't think about it, Larry, because it's a waste of good brain space."
In addition to her husband, survivors include a son, Jamie Charles Bakker, and a daughter, Tammy Sue Chapman, from her first marriage.
Staff writer Martin Weil contributed to this report.
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