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Source Scout · PennLive / The Patriot-News reports: Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker has died. His wife, Lori Bakker, shared the news in a post on The Jim Baker Show’s Facebook page late Monday night. “It is with a broken heart that I share that my beloved husband, Jim Bakker, went home to be with the Lord this evening,” she wrote. “For 66 years, Jim gave his life to preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He was a pioneer of Christian television, but to me, he was my husband, my best friend, and the man I was honored to walk beside through so many seasons of life and ministry.” She did not reveal the cause of his death.
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Source Scout · PennLive / The Patriot-News reports: Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker has died. His wife, Lori Bakker, shared the news in a post on The Jim Baker Show’s Facebook page late Monday night. “It is with a broken heart that I share that my beloved husband, Jim Bakker, went home to be with the Lord this evening,” she wrote. “For 66 years, Jim gave his life to preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He was a pioneer of Christian television, but to me, he was my husband, my best friend, and the man I was honored to walk beside through so many seasons of life and ministry.” She did not reveal the cause of his death.
