Dr. Tammy Melissa Pennington, MD, of Goshen, Ky, passed away aged 55 in Louisville, KY on October 7, 2026. She was born on July 6, 1971 to Wallace and Sandra Pennington in Louisville, KY. As a ...

Jim Bakker, the disgraced televangelist and ex-husband of Tammy Faye Bakker, has died. He was 86. The former PTL Club host’s death was revealed by wife Lori Bakker, who did not share any details about ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Jim Bakker and Charlotte (Fort Mill, S.C., to be precise) were a match made in heaven.

Jim Bakker was married twice during his life — first to fellow televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker and later to his second wife, Lori Bakker, who announced the news of his death in October 2026. “It is ...

Branson, Mo. — Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful "The PTL Club" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and ...

Editor’s note: This Charlotte Observer obituary published on July 20, 2007. Tammy Faye Messner, whose can-do Christian cheer helped her survive the PTL scandal and forge a second career as a ...

Jim Bakker’s family has suffered a tremendous loss. The televangelist—who rose to popularity with ex-wife Tammy Faye Bakker on their Christian television show The PTL Club (Praise the Lord)—died on ...

Jim Bakker, the controversial televangelist and ex-husband of Tammy Faye Bakker, died on Monday evening. He was 86. Bakker’s wife, Lori, confirmed his passing in a statement shared to the Instagram ...