Jim Bakker, minister who built a televangelism empire and lost it from sex and money scandals, dies at 86

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"The PTL Club," which at its peak in the mid-1980s drew 13 million nightly TV viewers, made Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker cultural icons — so much so that they were often skewered in the 1980s and 90s by late-night comedians and parodied on "Saturday Night Live." Newsiline summarises this report from PBS NewsHour Headlines and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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