Billy James Hargis, 79, Pastor and Anticommunist Crusader, Dies
NY Times
The Rev. Billy James Hargis, a fiery evangelist and anticommunist preacher who founded the Christian Crusade and reached millions in an international ministry that used radio, television, books, pamphlets and personal appearances, died on Saturday at a nursing home in Tulsa, Okla. He was 79.Mr. Hargis, who had Alzheimer’s disease, died at St. Simeon’s Episcopal Home, where he had lived since last July, said his daughter, Becky Jean Frank. No cause of death was listed, Ms. Frank said.
