Jim Bakker Dies: Televangelist Was 86
2 sources·Updated October 6, 2026
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- Washington Post US·5h agoJim Bakker, disgraced televangelist who went to prison, dies at 86
With his wife, Tammy Faye, he presided over the multimillion-dollar PTL empire before his fall in the 1980s after sex and fraud scandals.
Read at Washington Post US → - Deadline Hollywood·6h agoJim Bakker Dies: Televangelist Was 86
Jim Bakker, the televangelist who built a media empire with former wife Tammy Faye Bakker, has died. He was 86. In a social media post, Bakker’s wife Lori Bakker shared the news of his death. “It is with a broken heart that I share that my beloved husband, Jim Bakker, went home…
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