[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)
Racketeering 1989
Tax Evasion 1989
Psychiatric Observation Federal Correction Institution, Butner, NC (1989), six days
Competency Hearing Charlotte, NC (4-Sep-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