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Jerry Lamon Falwell Sr.
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Born | (1933-08-11)August 11, 1933 |
Died | May 15, 2007(2007-05-15) (aged 73) Lynchburg, Virginia,
United States |
Cause of death | Heart attack |
Occupation | Protestant Christian Evangelist |
Years active | 1971-2007 |
Website | http://www.falwell.com/ |
Jerry Lamon Falwell, Sr. (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) was an American evangelical Christian pastor and televangelist. He was the pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Liberty University in 1971 and co-founded the Moral Majority in 1979.