Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia TV station into a global evangelical network, ran for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America, has died at 93.
Key points:
- Pat Robertson died at his home in Virginia on Thursday
- The evangelical broadcaster helped cement the alliance between conservative Christians and the Republican Party
- His on-air pronouncements often drew criticism, prompting some politicians to distance themselves from him
Robertson’s death on Thursday was announced by his broadcasting company, the Christian Broadcasting Network.
He died at his home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, according to a statement from his son, Gordon Robertson. No cause of death was given.
For more than half a century, Robertson was a familiar presence in American living rooms, known for his 700 Club television show, and in later years,…
