11 days ago
Jim Bakker, televangelist who built The PTL Club, dead at 86
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. CBC World, ABC News, and NPR News are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 6 Oct 2026, 05:57 UTC. 4 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Jim Bakker, televangelist who built The PTL Club, dead at 86”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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.
Story timeline
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- First reported by NPR News
Jim Bakker, who built 'PTL Club' televangelism empire, has died at 86
- Picked up by ABC News
Jim Bakker, who built ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire, has died at 86
- Picked up by CBC World
Jim Bakker, televangelist who built The PTL Club, dead at 86
- Picked up by CBC World
Jim Bakker, televangelist who built The PLT Club, dead at 86
Same story, different outlets
3 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.