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US televangelist Jim Bakker dies at 86
Original: US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dead at 86 https://www. theguardian.com/us-news/2026/o c
Jim Bakker, the American televangelist whose PTL ministry collapsed in the 1980s amid fraud convictions and a sexual misconduct scandal, has died at the age of 86. The news, reported by The Guardian, is prompting renewed discussion of his dramatic fall from prominence as one of the most visible figures in US evangelical broadcasting and his later return to television.
Why now: The death of a once-prominent and controversial religious broadcaster is generating fresh attention to his scandals and legacy.
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