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  "id": 12318043,
  "title": "Jim Bakker, who built 'PTL Club' televangelism empire, has died at 86",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/jim-bakker-who-built-ptl-club-televangelism-empire-has-died-at-86-12318043",
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  "published": "2026-10-06T05:57:34.000Z",
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  "summary": "Jim Bakker, along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful \"The PTL Club\" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and financial crimes.",
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        "title": "Jim Bakker, televangelist whose Christian TV empire collapsed in scandal, dies at 86",
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        "published": "2026-10-06T04:09:12.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Jim Bakker, who built ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire, has died at 86",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/jim-bakker-who-built-ptl-club-televangelism-empire-has-died-at-86",
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        "title": "Jim Bakker, televangelist who co-founded \"The PTL Club\" empire, dies at 86",
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        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "Jim Bakker, who built ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire, has died at 86",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/jim-bakker-who-built-ptl-club-televangelism-empire-has-died-at-86-12317168",
        "published": "2026-10-06T06:20:39.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}