God Rest, Tammy Faye

Tammy Faye Messner, former televangelist and subject of the beloved documentary The Eyes of Tammy Faye, has died.

Messner, just seen in a Larry King interview on Thursday, had battled colon cancer since 1996. She passed away peacefully Friday morning at the age of 65.

Per CNN, Messner was "one of the few evangelical Christians who had the support of the gay community. She was one of the first televangelists to reach out to those with AIDS when it was a little-known and much-feared disease. In return, she told King in July, "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."

And we will always love you, Miss Tammy Faye.

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