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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
His wife Lori Bakker said he "finished his race with faith."
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Bakker's second wife, Lori, announced the death in a post on his TV show's official Instagram account.
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With his wife, Tammy Faye, he presided over the multimillion-dollar PTL empire before his fall in the 1980s after sex and fraud scandals.
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With his wife, Tammy Faye, Mr. Bakker built a broadcasting juggernaut around the gospel of prosperity.
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