Televangelist Jim Bakker dies at 86

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Televangelist Jim Bakker has died at 86, according to a statement from his wife, Lori Bakker, posted on social media Monday. Bakker built the PTL ministry with Tammy Faye Messner before resigning in a 1987 scandal. No cause of death was given.

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