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Televangelist Jim Bakker Passes Away at Age Eighty-Six

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Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker, famous for building and losing the PTL network, has died at 86.

Evangelical broadcaster Jim Bakker has died at the age of 86. Alongside his first wife Tammy Faye, he constructed a massive television ministry that ultimately collapsed following financial crimes and a major scandal.

Jim Bakker passed away at the age of 86 after building and losing a massive evangelical television empire.
The PTL ministry reached millions of viewers across numerous television stations and generated substantial annual revenues during its peak.

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86 yrsage at death

13viewers in millions

200television stations

$129Mannual revenue

Why it matters

Televangelism grew exponentially in the late twentieth century through cable television, with major networks raising vast sums and drawing millions of devoted followers before facing regulatory and moral crises.

What outlets agree on

Jim Bakker, the televangelist known for creating the PTL Club with Tammy Faye and later facing fraud and scandal convictions, has died at the age of 86.

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