Jim Bakker, 1940-2026

[The Bread Guy]

Remember the PTL Club?

Jim Bakker, 'PTL Club' televangelist and fmr. husband of Tammy Faye, dead at 86

Televangelist Jim Bakker, the host of the popular “The PTL Club" TV show with his former wife Tammy Faye Bakker, died Monday at the age of 86.

www.foxnews.com

Scandal-plagued televangelist Jim Bakker dies at 86

Jim Bakker, the famed TV preacher whose faith-based empire came to an end amid sex and financial scandals, has died. He was 86.

torontosun.com

US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dies at 86

Bakker spent four and a half years in prison after being convicted in 1989 of defrauding followers in a scheme involving holidays at his Christian theme park

www.theguardian.com

 

[mariomike]

Remember the PTL Club?

Jessica Hahn ( Playboy centerfold ) was certainly memorable.

Hahn first came to public attention in 1987 after the disclosure that televangelist Jim Bakker had paid for her silence in response to an allegation against him of rape, which led to Bakker's announcement that he was stepping down as head of PTL .

 

[armrdsoul77]

I remember all the wonderful comedy parodying these two. Simpler times.

 

[OldSolduer]

Televangelists are NOTHING but grifters.