Jim Bakker, TV preacher felled by scandals, dies at 86, NYT reports
US televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multi-million-dollar evangelical empire and pursued an opulent lifestyle before being disgraced by a sex scandal, a fraud conviction for bilking followers and the divorce from television co-host Tammy Faye, died on Monday at age 86, the New York Times reported.
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