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Jim Bakker, Controversial Televangelist, Dies at 86
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Jim Bakker, the charismatic preacher who built a Christian television empire with his wife Tammy Faye before it collapsed in scandal, has died at the age of 86. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports for TODAY with a look back on the many highs and lows of his life.
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