10 days ago
Televangelist Jim Bakker dies at age 86
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. BBC News US and Canada, CBS News, The Guardian UK, RTHK International News, The Straits Times World, and NBC News Top Stories are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 6 Oct 2026, 05:38 UTC. 8 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Televangelist Jim Bakker dies at age 86”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Jim Bakker, the televangelist who rose to fame with the PTL network in the 1970s, but was later convicted of fraud and conspiracy, has died at the age of 86.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by NBC News Top Stories
- New development reported by The Straits Times World
US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dead at 86
- New development reported by RTHK International News
- Picked up by The Guardian UK
US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dead at 86
- Picked up by The Guardian UK
US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dies at 86
- Picked up by NBC News Top Stories
- Picked up by CBS News
- Picked up by BBC News US and Canada
US televangelist Jim Bakker, disgraced from sex scandal and fraud, dies at 86
Same story, different outlets
6 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- BBC News US and CanadaUS televangelist Jim Bakker, disgraced from sex scandal and fraud, dies at 86
- CBS NewsJim Bakker, disgraced televangelist, dies at 86
- The GuardianUS televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dead at 86
- RTHK International NewsDisgraced US televangelist Jim Bakker passes away
- The Straits TimesUS televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dead at 86
- NBC News Top StoriesTelevangelist Jim Bakker dies at age 86