11 days ago · United States
Disgraced US televangelist Jim Bakker passes away
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What we know
Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful “The PTL Club” TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes, has died. He was 86.
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- First reported by RTHK International News
- Picked up by CBS News
- Picked up by BBC News World
US televangelist Jim Bakker, disgraced from sex scandal and fraud, dies at 86
Same story, different outlets
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