Jerry Falwell Dead At 73
Television evangelist and Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell has died suddenly. He was found unresponsive in his office at Liberty University and pronounced dead shortly thereafter.
LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, the television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority and used it to mold the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University. He was 73.
Ron Godwin, the university's executive vice president, said Falwell, 73, was found unresponsive late Tuesday morning and taken to Lynchburg General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.
"I had breakfast with him, and he was fine at breakfast," Godwin said. "He went to his office, I went to mine, and they found him unresponsive."
Dr. Carl Moore, Falwell's physician, said the evangelist had a heart rhythm abnormality.
By Quilly Mammoth, Tuesday, 15 May , 2007 @ 1:50 pm
And the hateful rejoicing in the Fever Swamps and deep in the heart of Moonbat Caverns begins. Feh.
I didn’t always agree with Falwell, but by and large he tried his best to make America a better place.