[2] Per evangelicals John Ankerberg, Jerry Falwell, and Jimmy Swaggart. See Randall Herbert Balmer, Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism, page 52; Marjorie Garber, One Nation Under God? Religion and American Culture, page 272 (Falwell claiming proof of bisexual behavior back to the 1950s, and the Assemblies of God naming him as a bisexual); and Paul Apostolidis, Public Affairs: Politics in the Age of Sex Scandals, page 44.
Father: Raleigh Bakker (factory worker)
Mother: Furnia Lynette Irwin ("Furn")
Wife: Tammy Faye Bakker (m. 1-Apr-1961, div. 1992, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Tammy Sue Bakker (b. 2-Mar-1970)
Son: Jamie Charles Bakker ("Jay Bakker", evangelist, b. 18-Dec-1975)
Slept with: Jessica Hahn (6-Dec-1980)
Boyfriend: David A. Taggart (his personal aide, per John Wesley Fletcher)
Slept with: John Wesley Fletcher (according to Fletcher in Penthouse magazine)
Wife: Lori Beth Graham (m. 4-Sep-1998)
High School: Muskegon High School, Muskegon, MI (1959)
University: North Central Bible College
PTL Club Television Host (1976-87)
Conspiracy 1989 (1 count, with Richard Dortch, convicted)
Mail Fraud 1989 (8 counts, convicted)
Wire Fraud 1989 (15 counts, convicted)
Tax Evasion 1989
Racketeering 1989
Risk Factors: Toupee
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (25-Jan-2000) · Himself
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Jim Bakker
AKA James Orsen Bakker
