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CultureUS televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dies at 86

U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker died on Monday at 86. He built a multimillion-dollar empire and lived opulently before being disgraced by a sex scandal, a fraud conviction for bilking followers and his divorce from television co-host Tammy Faye.

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US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dies at 86
US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dies at 86Culture