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Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around "The PTL Club" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died at 86.
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Jim Bakker, televangelist who co-founded "The PTL Club" empire, dies at 86
Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around "The PTL Club" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died at 86.
BBC News – World BBC
US televangelist Jim Bakker, disgraced from sex scandal and fraud, dies at 86
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Jim Bakker, disgraced televangelist, dies at 86
Jim Bakker, the disgraced televangelist who hosted The PTL Club, died at 86. Vladimir Duthiers has more.
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Guardian
US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dead at 86
Bakker spent four and a half years in prison after being convicted in 1989 of defrauding followers in a scheme involving holidays at his Christian theme park The US televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multimillion-dollar empire and lived in opulence before being disgraced by a sex scandal, a conviction for defrauding followers and divorce from his television co-host Tammy Faye, has died aged 86. The death of Bak…
NYTimes – US NYT
Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86
With his wife, Tammy Faye, Mr. Bakker built a broadcasting juggernaut around the gospel of prosperity.
