Billy James Hargis (August 3, 1925, Texarkana, Texas - November 29, 2004, Tulsa, Oklahoma) was a far-right-wing Protestant Christian evangelist who, it could be argued, was one of the founding fathers of the Christian Right. At the height of his popularity in the 1950s and 1960s, his "Christian Crusade" ministry had shows on more than 500 radio stations and 250 television stations. Wikipedia
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Obituary Billy James Hargis, televangelist Dec 16th 2004 From The Economist print edition THE sinning televangelist has become such a staple of American life that it is hard to credit that, at one time, the role was new. www.economist.com/people/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3499528