{
  "id": 12327188,
  "title": "US televangelist Jim Bakker, ensnared in fraud and sex scandal, dead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/us-televangelist-jim-bakker-ensnared-in-fraud-and-sex-scandal-dead",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-06T06:58:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/opinion/columnists/2026/10/1548960/us-televangelist-jim-bakker-ensnared-fraud-and-sex-scandal-dead"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multimillion-dollar empire and lived in opulence before being disgraced by a sex scandal, fraud conviction for bilking followers and divorce from television co-host Tammy Faye, died on Monday at age 86.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}