No dry eyes for Tammy Faye.
When her life was crumbling around her 20 years ago, Tammy Faye
Messner Tamara "Tammy" Faye Messner (March 7, 1942 – July 20, 2007) was an American Christian singer, evangelist, entrepreneur, author, talk show host, and television personality. was laughed off as a mascara-addicted hypocrite, a living
example of '80s excess. But in July July: see month. , after the former televangelist tel·e·van·gel·ist
n.
An evangelist who conducts religious telecasts.
[Blend of television and evangelist.]
tel succumbed to cancer at 65, Tammy Faye Faye may refer to: - Abdoulaye Diagne-Faye, a Senegalese football (soccer) player
- Amady Faye, a Senegalese football (soccer) player
- Faye, a commune of the Loir-et-Cher département, in France
- Faye Dunaway, an actress
was mourned as a beloved mother
figure who, unlike her religious contemporaries, embraced a loving God.
Gays and lesbians especially felt the loss of one of the few Christian
conservatives to openly support us. In a 2000 story in The Advocate,
Tammy Faye was asked by Fenton Bailey, one of the queer filmmakers who
put together a documentary on her life, why gay people loved her so
much. Her answer? "Because I love them."
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