Jim Bakker, televangelist who co-founded "The PTL Club" empire but fell into disgrace, dies at 86

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Jim Bakker, Televangelist Who Co-Founded "The Ptl Club" Empire But Fell Into Disgrace, Dies At 86

By CBS News

Branson, Mo. — 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. Bakker died Monday, ...Read more

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