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> > L�hett�j�: Lintuj�rvi Pentti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > P�iv�ys: 2005/02/24 to AM 09:00:09 GMT+02:00 > Vastaanottaja: "DX" <[email protected]> > Aihe: [DX] Gene Scott silent > > Dr. Gene Scott on kuollut. Alla kopio uutisesta. Mit�h�n nyt tapahtuu Gene > Scott -asemille? > > 73 de PUL > ------------------------------------------------- > > Televangelist Gene Scott Dies at Age 75 > > Tue Feb 22, 4:55 AM ET U.S. National - AP > > LOS ANGELES - Gene Scott, the shaggy-haired, cigar-smoking televangelist > whose eccentric religious broadcasts were beamed around the world, has died, > a family spokesman said. He was 75. > > Scott died Monday after suffering a stroke, said the spokesman, Robert > Emmers. > > > The longtime pastor of Los Angeles University Cathedral began hosting a > nightly television broadcast of Bible teaching in the mid-1970s. His > University Network eventually aired a nightly talk show and Sunday morning > church services on radio and television stations in about 180 countries. > > > Scott's church, a Protestant congregation of more than 15,000 members, raised > millions of dollars through round-the-clock Internet and satellite TV > broadcasts, where he would demand of viewers: "Get on the telephone!" to > donate. > > > In some of his speeches, Scott would deliver complex lectures on Biblical > languages to make points about the meaning of faith. But he also spoke on > current events, sometimes lacing his sermons with profanity. > > > He supported the war in Iraq. "Iraq is a threat to the world," he said in a > 2003 speech posted on his Web site. "So kick the hell out of 'em, George." > > > Recognizable by his mane of white hair and scruffy beard, Scott never stuck > to a conventional format in his talk show. He sometimes smoked on the show > and once wore glasses with eyes pasted on them. > > > Unlike other televangelists, Scott's sermons did not condemn homosexuality, > abortion or other hot-topic sexual issues. He argued such issues were a > personal choice. > > > Scott, the son of a traveling preacher, had a lavish lifestyle that included > a chauffeured limousine, contact with political bigwigs and, he claimed, 300 > horses. > > > But he also spent lavishly on charity. After a fire badly damaged the Los > Angeles Central Library, he organized a telethon that raised $2 million. In > 2002, Scott gave $20,000 to save the Museum in Black from eviction. The > museum has some 5,000 items from the slave and civil rights eras. > > > Scott came under scrutiny by authorities on several occasions, including by > the state attorney general's office in 1977, which suspected him of fraud. > The investigation was dropped, however, after the Legislature passed a law > barring prosecution of civil fraud against tax-exempt religious > organizations. > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > Tsekkaa HCDX:n uusi www sivu: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > DX mailing list > [email protected] > http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/dx > _______________________________________________ > > THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed > and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License > published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt > ___________________________________________________________________________________ Tsekkaa HCDX:n uusi www sivu: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- DX mailing list [email protected] http://dallas.hard-core-dx.com/mailman/listinfo/dx _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://dsl.org/copyleft/dsl.txt
