Jim Bakker dies at 86 ABC recalls PTL and fraud

Oct 5

David Muir reports that televangelist Jim Bakker has died in hospice care at 86. ABC recalls his multimillion-dollar PTL Club media empire with Tammy Faye Bakker, its collapse amid a major 1980s scandal, and says he served five years of a 45-year fraud and conspiracy sentence.

ABC reports televangelist Jim Bakker's death in hospice care at 86 and remembers the PTL Club media empire he built with Tammy Faye Bakker, its collapse and his fraud/conspiracy imprisonment. The broadcast says he served five years of a 45-year sentence; that remains the source's formulation.