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The televangelist who built the PTL Club with Tammy Faye and later fell from grace has died at 86.
Published Oct 6, 2026, 12:24 AM EDT | LehighValleyLive
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — 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.
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