Jim Bakker, Television Preacher Felled by Sex and Financial Scandals, Dies at 86 NYT - Home Page By: Clyde Haberman 6 October 2026 at 03:59 With his wife, Tammy Faye, Mr. Bakker built a broadcasting juggernaut around the gospel of prosperity. © Lou Krasky/Associated PressJim Bakker in 1987. The television ministry he founded with his first wife, Tammy Faye Bakker, brought in as much as $129 million annually before he was felled by a sex scandal.
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