Evangelist Oral Roberts Dies

Evangelist Oral Roberts, died today at age 91. The New York Times called him "one of the most recognizable and controversial religious leaders of the 20th century." The Washington Post says "he helped create television evangelism and 'prosperity theology'." The New York Daily News described him as "an Oklahoma faith healer who built an enduring Pentecostal empire and became the first superstar televangelist." He founded Oral Roberts University in 1963.