CultureJim Bakker, televangelist who built The PTL Club, dies at 86
Jim Bakker, the televangelist who built an evangelical empire with his first wife, Tammy Faye, around the highly successful TV show The PTL Club, has died at 86. The enterprise later collapsed amid a sex scandal and financial crimes.
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Jim Bakker, televangelist who built The PTL Club, dies at 86