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Rev. Jerry Falwell Dead at 73
The Rev. Jerry Falwell has died. Falwell was found earlier in the morning unconscious in his Liberty University office and rushed to Lynchburg General Hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
The 73-year-old founder of the Moral Majority had gone to his office shortly after eating breakfast with Liberty’s executive vice president Ron Godwin and appeared in good health. He was found in his office around 10:45 a.m. and was unresponsive before being rushed to the hospital.
Falwell had long been the voice of the religious right and held heavy influence in the presidency of Ronald Regan as well as George Bush.
In 2005 Falwell was hospitalized for two weeks with a viral infection and then again less than a month later after going into respiratory arrest due to a blockage in an artery.
