[Swprograms] Gene Scott passes into the ether

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Remembrances
Televangelist Gene Scott Dies at 75
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All Things Considered, February 22, 2005 7 
Los Angeles-based preacher Dr. Gene Scott, whose talk show and
Sunday morning services were carried on radio and
television in some 180 countries, died Monday at age 75
after suffering a stroke. Scott was an unusual
televangelist who smoked cigars, wore odd headgear and used
profanity. Michele Norris talks with Richard Parker, a
lecturer on religion, politics and public policy at Harvard
University.

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Gene Scott, eccentric televangelist

Associated Press
Feb. 23, 2005 12:00 AM

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.

Scott, 75, died Monday after suffering a stroke, spokesman
Robert Emmers said.

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.

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 had a lavish lifestyle that included a chauffeured
limousine. But he also spent lavishly on charity.


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