'I refuse to label...We're all
just people made out of the same old dirt, and God didn't make any junk.'
She was half of the much derided televangelist empire PTL (Praise the Lord) in the '80s, with ex-husband Jim Bakker. But by her death, the makeup-loving Messner had become an advocate for gay rights.
His final year as Russia's President has been his most successful yet. At home, he secured his political future. Abroad, he expanded his outsizeif not always benigninfluence on global affairs