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 (AP) - A Liberty University executive says the
Rev. Jerry Falwell has died.

       Ron Godwin, the university's executive vice president, said
Falwell, 73, was found unresponsive around 10:45 a.m. and taken to
Lynchburg General Hospital. 

Godwin said he was not sure what caused
the collapse, but he said Falwell "has a history of heart challenges."

      "I had breakfast with him, and he was fine at breakfast,"
Godwin said. "He went to his office, I went to mine, and they
found him unresponsive."

      Falwell, a television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority,
became the face of the religious right in the 1980s. He later
founded the conservative Liberty University and serves as its
president.

         Falwell survived two serious health scares in early 2005. He was
hospitalized for two weeks with what was described as a viral
infection, then was hospitalized again a few weeks later after
going into respiratory arrest. Later that year, doctors found a 70
percent blockage in an artery, which they opened with stents.

      Liberty University's commencement is scheduled for Saturday,
with former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich as the featured
speaker. 

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A Liberty University executive says the
Rev. Jerry Falwell has died.

      Falwell was hospitalized Tuesday after being found unconscious in
his office at the school.


Rev. Jerry Falwell dies

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