BREAKING NEWS: Jerry Falwell dead at 73

Most of the media are still reporting that the Rev. Jerry Falwell, founder of the alleged “Moral Majority” collapsed and was rushed to the hospital.

The AP reports that Falwell is dead.

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Lynchburg, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who founded the Moral Majority and built the religious right into a political force, died Tuesday shortly after being found unconscious in his office at Liberty University, a school executive said. He was 73.

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. “CPR efforts were unsuccessful,” he said.

Courage.