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Jim Bakker, televangelist at center of scandals, dies at 86
Original: Inside Jim Bakker's biggest scandals as controversial celebrity preacher dies at 86
Jim Bakker, the American televangelist and television host, has died at the age of 86. Obituaries are recounting his turbulent career, from the rise of the PTL Club ministry with his former wife Tammy Faye to his 1980s sexual assault and fraud scandals, imprisonment for accounting fraud, and later controversies including promoting dubious health products. Commentators describe him as one of the most controversial figures in American religious broadcasting.
Why now: The death of a once-prominent televangelist known for major scandals has prompted a wave of retrospective coverage of his life and controversies.
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