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Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has died.

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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.

With a mass TV following, he spearheaded a powerful political coalition of religious conservatives.

Longtime religious broadcaster and former presidential candidate Pat Robertson has died. Robertson had turned a tiny Virginia television station into the far-reaching Christian Broadcasting Network. He hosted the network’s flagship show, the “700 Club,” for half a century. Robertson also mounted an unsuccessful presidential bid in 1988 and later founded the once-influential Christian Coalition. He … Read more

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