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

2026

Bakker spent four and a half years in prison after being convicted in 1989 of defrauding followers in a scheme involving holidays at his Christian theme park The US televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multimillion-dollar empire and lived ⁠in opulence before being disgraced by a sex scandal, a...

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United States

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38.90° N, 77.04° W

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2026 · United States

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BBC·Oct 06, 2026

US televangelist Jim Bakker, disgraced from sex scandal and fraud, dies at 86

US televangelist Jim Bakker co-founded The PTL Club with his then-wife Tammy Faye before being jailed for fraud and conspiracy.

The Guardian·Oct 06, 2026

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

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