Tammy was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996. Tammy Faye kept up an active website detailing what was happening with her life and her battles. Her "lift your chin up" simple wisdom in the face of possible death helped to gain her respect that had been lacking during the 1980's PLT crisis where comments about her tended more towards wearing too much makeup than any talk of character. She also conducted herself well in 2004 when she was on the cast of the MTV show ''Surreal Life'' when the way she lived her life with simple Christian values came through, and yet being gracious in the face of cast members who had radically different lifestyles. In May, 2007 on her website, she said that doctors had stopped treating her for cancer, which had spread, and had done all they could do. She appeared on [[Larry King]] after that, not afraid to be seen looking emaciated, and talked about her condition. | Tammy was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996. Tammy Faye kept up an active website detailing what was happening with her life and her battles. Her "lift your chin up" simple wisdom in the face of possible death helped to gain her respect that had been lacking during the 1980's PLT crisis where comments about her tended more towards wearing too much makeup than any talk of character. She also conducted herself well in 2004 when she was on the cast of the MTV show ''Surreal Life'' when the way she lived her life with simple Christian values came through, and yet being gracious in the face of cast members who had radically different lifestyles. In May, 2007 on her website, she said that doctors had stopped treating her for cancer, which had spread, and had done all they could do. She appeared on [[Larry King]] after that, not afraid to be seen looking emaciated, and talked about her condition. |