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Title: Evangelist Oral Roberts dies in Calif. at age 91 Post by: MuffyBee on December 15, 2009, 10:05:15 PM http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/evangelist-oral-roberts-dies-in-calif-at-age-122755.html
Evangelist Oral Roberts dies in Calif. at age 91 By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS The Associated Press Updated: 8:52 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 (http://www.statesman.com/multimedia/dynamic/00108/Obit_Oral_Roberts_J_108935k.jpg) TULSA, Okla. — Oral Roberts, who helped pioneer TV evangelism in the 1950s and used the power of the new medium — and his message of God's healing power — to build a multimillion-dollar ministry and a university that bears his name, died Tuesday. He was 91. Roberts died of complications from pneumonia in Newport Beach, Calif., according to his spokesman, A. Larry Ross. The evangelist was hospitalized after a fall on Saturday. <snip> |