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Source: Washington Post
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By Emily Langer April 2 at 10:33 AM
The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, the televangelist who drew millions of followers with his Hour of Power broadcasts from the Crystal Cathedral, the glittering house of worship recognized around the world as the locus of his signature brand of motivational Christianity, died April 2 at a care facility in Artesia, Calif. He was 88.
A daughter, Carol Schuller Milner, confirmed his death to the Associated Press. His family announced in 2013 that he had esophageal cancer.
By the time of Rev. Schullers death, his ministry, based in Garden Grove, Calif., had filed for bankruptcy and largely crumbled. It was the victim, by most accounts, of overexpansion, declining popular interest and internal strife precipitated by his retirement in 2006.
At his height, he had been one of the most influential preachers in the United States, a feel-good outlier among the televangelists who, at times controversially, harnessed modern media technology to spread their messages and solicit donations.
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