

Nation May 15

Television Evangelist, Conservative Activist Jerry Falwell Dies at 73
The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and used it to create a political force from the ranks of conservative Christians, died Tuesday in his office at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va.
By PBS NewsHour
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