RIP

Tammy Faye Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire and then saw it collapse in disgrace, has died. She was 65.

Messner, who had battled colon cancer since 1996 that more recently spread to her lungs, died peacefully at her home Friday, said her booking agent, Joe Spotts, in an e-mail to the Associated Press.

A family service was held Saturday in a private cemetery, where her ashes were interred, he said.

A source tells TMZ that New Hampshire officials are treating this as a "suspicious death," and an autopsy has been ordered. Kronus, whose real name is George Caiazo, was trained by the legendary Walter "Killer" Kowalski, and retired from wrestling in 2002.

Fire Chief Gerard Ransom of Sanford, Fla. has confirmed at least four other passengers were killed -- including two children.

From exploding hearts to drug use -- and even to some unsolved cases -- some of the musclebound who've entered the squared circle have checked out early.

WWE superstar Chris Benoit, 40, his wife Nancy and young son were found dead in their Atlanta home early this afternoon, this according to WWE.com.

No further details regarding the tragedy have been released. Benoit was scheduled to appear at a pay-per-view event last night ... WWE said that there was a "family emergency" that prevented him from being there.

Benoit, a former World Heavyweight Champ, wreaked havoc with his signature move, the "Crippler Crossface."

The incident comes on the heels of the shocking death of former WWE wrestler "Sensational" Sherri Martel, and the supposed "assassination" of WWE head honcho Vince McMahon. TMZ has learned that the WWE is scrapping all references to the McMahon death storyline on tonight's episode of "Raw.'

According to the official WWE website, tonight's "Raw" will serve as a tribute to the wrestling great.

Frankie Abernathy -- the punked-out, boat-phobic rock chick of MTV's "Real World: San Diego" fame -- died at the age of 25 on Saturday at her mother's home in Shorewood, Wisc.

Abernathy suffered from cystic fibrosis, though an official cause of death has yet to be determined, according to MTV News. During her stint in the "Real World" house, Frankie exhibited symptoms of cystic fibrosis, such as difficulty breathing and immune-system impairment, and it was a significant part of her storyline on the show.

Even in death, Anna Nicole Smith knows how to draw a crowd, as TMZ reported. She was just buried on Friday, but her grave has already become the No. 1 tourist hotspot in the Bahamas.

"Everybody wants to see this," a taxi driver tells the New York Daily News. "People are getting off the cruise ships, and this is where they want to come. The tourism board ... can't buy the kind of exposure they had here the last few weeks."

Some gawkers booked their trip to the island just to visit the grave and see what all the hubbub was about. A few lucky travelers even got an added bonus on Saturday, when Larry Birkhead graciously took photos with them at the Bahamas airport, while he was waiting for a flight back to the U.S.

A "dehydrated" Nicole Richie was rushed to the hospital Friday. After nearly 20 straight hours of filming "The Simple Life," Nicole started to feel faint and dizzy, reports US Weekly.

Apparently, the stick-thin star was shooting until 2:00 AM the night before, only got a couple hours of sleep and skipped breakfast before returning to the set. At the hospital, she was given fluids and food before being released. She returned to work the next day.

"Nicole has gained weight and is doing really well," says a source. "The producers overreacted -- she didn't need to go to the hospital."

Foxy Brown just can't seem to stay out of trouble. Just this past weekend, the New York Daily News reports that the bad girl had another run in with cops, when she illegally parked her SUV at a bus stop in Brooklyn -- while she was across the street eating. When she saw New York's Finest pull up, she flew out of the restaurant and moved her car -- narrowly escaping a ticket or worse.

The night before, Foxy was banned from the borough's Junior's Restaurant when she tried to dine and dash, which she has done multiple times there in the past, according to the New York Post. This time she walked out on a $53 check, and when someone from her entourage came back to pay, the manager said: "Look, don't pay for it, just don't come back." She was given the boot not only because she constantly skipped out on bills, but because she's rude, and "none of the waiters want to serve her because she's known for cursing out people."

Apparently, Ann Coulter learned nothing from Isaiah Washington's recent PR fiasco. During her speech at a conference, the right-wing commentator referred to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as a "faggot." ... Actor-turned-musician Jared Leto broke his nose and suffered other minor injuries while performing in concert in El Paso, Texas. He apparently jumped into the audience during a song, but no fans were injured. ... Michael Jackson landed in Japan today to host an exclusive party where fans paid $3,500 each to shake his hand.

Is Anna Nicole's grave going to be a tourist attraction? A spokesman for the cemetery where Daniel is buried told TMZ that there were now four or five visitors a week at the grave. With the fight over the body, TMZ wondered if there was money to be made in the crypt (so to speak), so we asked the King of the Internet Graveyard, findagrave.com founder, Jim Tipton.

"Most cemeteries wouldn't welcome the additional foot traffic and vandalism," said Tipton, citing the desecration of Jim Morrison's grave at Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, which "now has a security guard ... cemeteries like to have someone historical, not someone as tabloid as Anna."

Asked about the potential for making money from the gravesite, Tipton said

Former Playboy Playmate and TRIMSPA spokesperson Anna Nicole Smith died Thursday afternoon after she was discovered unconscious in her hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. She was 39.

Cops say Smith's private nurse called a hotel operator at 1:38 PM EST. Before paramedics arrived on scene, Smith's bodyguard performed CPR. One of the first paramedics to arrive claimed that she was dead when he got there. Smith was rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow.

Clooney once said that his longest relationship ever was with Max, his personal porker. The oinker had serious health

problems -- he had arthritis and was partially blind. In 2001, Max was accidentally hit by a car driven by one of Clooney's friends.