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Pat Robertson, who built a broadcasting empire and led an influential coalition to make religion an integral aspect of politics on the right, has died. He was 93.
The Christian Broadcasting Network, the enterprise he created from a Virginia TV station, announced his death and said that he died at his home in Virginia Beach.
“Pat Robertson dedicated his life to preaching the Gospel, helping those in need, and educating the next generation,” the network said.
Robertson led the Christian Coalition, founded in 1987, the year before he ran for the Republican nomination for president. Although he was never expected to get the nomination, he made an impressive enough showing in the first contest in Iowa to remain a force in GOP politics.
More recently, Robertson often drew controversy — and some ridicule — for his statements on his daily 700 Club, in which he said that certain natural disasters were God’s revenge for more liberal acceptance of things like homosexuality. He also was prone to predictions, including in 2020, when he said that Donald Trump would win the election and that an asteroid strike would end the world. The show still airs on the cable channel Freeform, as part of an arrangement that stems from Robertson’s sale of The Family Channel to Rupert Murdoch in 1998.
Robertson stepped down as daily host of the show in 2021, but continued to make appearances on the program.
Robertson’s wife of 67 years, Dede, died in 2022. He is survived by four children, Tim, Elizabeth, Gordon, and Ann, along with 14 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
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David Bohrman, a longtime producer and news executive who was responsible for innovations in live and special events and breaking news, including at CNN and other networks, died on Sunday. He was 69.
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Pat Robertson has died.
Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was 93.
William Earl Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who launched the Christian Broadcasting Network and was a onetime presidential candidate, has died at 93. The news was confirmed via CBN’s website. “Pat Robertson, longtime TV host, religious broadcaster, educator, humanitarian, and one-time presidential candidate died at his home in Virginia Beach early Thursday morning. He was 93,” their obituary read. A cause of death was not given. Robertson was probably best known as the host of “The 700 Club” on the network, a daily news and faith show which he hosted for over 50 years before retiring in 2021. He took a break from “The 700 Club” in the late ’80s in order to run for president, but was defeated in the Republican primary by George H. W. Bush, who ended up winning the election in 1988.
television show, and in later years, his televised pronouncements of God's judgment on America for everything from homosexuality to the teaching of evolution.The money poured in as he solicited donations, his influence soared, and when he moved directly into politics by seeking the GOP presidential nomination in 1988, he brought a huge following with him.Robertson pioneered a now-common strategy of courting Iowa's network of evangelical Christian churches, and finished in second place in the Iowa caucuses, ahead of Vice President George H.W. Bush.His masterstroke was insisting that three million followers across the U.S.
Christian Broadcasting Network, which Robertson founded in 1960 and where he hosted “The 700 Club,” from 1966 to 2021.Robertson was a polarizing figure who presented a genial persona to his electronic flock while also making public comments that infuriated liberals, including blaming Americans’ “sinfulness” for the 9/11 attack, likening feminism to witchcraft and saying that liberal Protestants embodied “the spirit of the antichrist.” More to come…
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