U.S. televangelist, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dead at 86 - CTV News

9:53 p.m. Oct. 6, 2026A previous version of this article said Jim Bakker married Lori Beth Graham in 1988. The couple were married in 1998. In the halcyon days of the televangelists, when Jim Bakker stood shoulder to shoulder with fire and brimstone preachers such as Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson and Jimmy Swaggart, the collection plate always seemed bottomless. For Bakker, it meant a Christian theme park in a leafy Charlotte, N. C., suburb, a fleet of black Cadillac limousines, vacation homes, regular orders of truffles flown in from Brussels, a gold-plated bathtub, mink coats for his then-wife, Tammy Faye, and an air-conditioned doghouse at the family compound. In return for your unbending faith, he told viewers of his popular television show “The PTL Club,” God will bestow you great wealth and other blessings. And to get things rolling, he added, just call the 800 number on the bottom of your screen. When it all fell apart amid a sex scandal and a fraud conviction, Bakker landed in prison and took stock of his life.

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