The Fall of a Televangelist Empire: Jim Bakker Dies at 86, Leaving a Legacy of Scandal, Media Mogulism, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Satire
Executive Overview Jim Bakker, the pioneering American televangelist whose meteoric rise, catastrophic fall from grace, and subsequent federal imprisonment defined the excesses and hypocrisies of late 20th-century religious broadcasting, has died at the age of 86. His death marks the close of an era for the golden age of American televangelism—a period characterized by satellite-broadcast … Read more
