Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson has died

Prominent televangelist, Pat Robertson, who founded the Christian Broadcasting Network has died at the age of 93.

“Pat Robertson, longtime TV host, religious broadcaster, educator, humanitarian, and one-time presidential candidate died at his home in Virginia Beach early Thursday morning. He was 93,” the net work said in a release.

Born in 1930, he founded the network in 1960, turning it into a force for conservative Christian and family values.

Robertson helped energise the far-right evangelical movement which helped elect radical presidents such as Ronald Reagan and later endorsed Donald Trump.

In 1988, he ran for the Republican Presidential ticket, coming in third behind both George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole.

Zimbabweans will have known him mostly for the ‘700 Club’ which was regularly screened on ZBCtv in the 1990s.

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