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- 1Marjoe Gortner, Child Preacher Turned Actor, Dies at 82▼Marjoe Gortner, Celebrity Child Preacher and ‘Falcon Crest’ Actor, Dies at 82
Marjoe Gortner, who rose to fame as a celebrated child preacher before forging an acting career that included a role on the soap opera 'Falcon Crest', has died at the age of 82. Outlets are marking the passing of the evangelist-turned-entertainer, best remembered for later exposing the methods behind his revival preaching career.
- 2Marjoe Gortner, Child Preacher Turned Actor, Dies at 82▼Marjoe Gortner, Child Preacher and ‘Earthquake,’ ‘Falcon Crest’ Actor, Dies at 82
Marjoe Gortner, who became famous as a child evangelist before building an acting career in films like 'Earthquake' and the television series 'Falcon Crest', has died at the age of 82. Obituaries are recalling his unusual path from revival-tent preaching to Hollywood, and his later decision to expose the tactics of televangelism in the 1972 documentary 'Marjoe'.