Jim Bakker, evangelist brought down by scandal, dies at 86
Jim Bakker, the pioneering TV evangelist who became a symbol of the glitz and greed of the 1980s when his PTL empire near Charlotte collapsed amid sex and money scandals, landing him in prison for fraud, died Monday.
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#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-10-06 10:11 AM | Reply
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