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Jim Bakker, televangelist undone by PTL scandal, dies at 86
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Jim Bakker, the American televangelist whose PTL ministry collapsed amid a sex and financial scandal that led to his fraud conviction, has died at the age of 86. The former host of the PTL Club built one of the largest Christian broadcasting empires of the 1970s and 1980s before its downfall. Obituaries and tributes are circulating widely as news of his death spreads.
Why now: The death of a high-profile, controversial televangelist is generating global news coverage and discussion of his scandal-marked legacy.
Evidence
- Jim Bakker, whose PTL ministry fell to scandal and fraud, dies at 86 · NBC News
- US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dies at 86 · The Guardian
- Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86 · The New York Times
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