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Televangelist Jim Bakker dies at 86
Original: Jim Bakker, who lost his 'PTL Club' televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86
Jim Bakker, the American televangelist who built the PTL Club into a broadcasting empire before losing it in sex and financial scandals that led to his imprisonment for fraud, has died at the age of 86. His death closes a chapter on one of the most notorious downfall stories in American religious broadcasting.
Why now: News of the death of a once-prominent televangelist whose scandals remain well known is drawing wide attention.
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- Jim Bakker, who lost his 'PTL Club' televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86 · El Mundo America
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