Jerry Fallwell has passed away

The Rev. Jerry Falwell passed away in his office today. He was 73 years old.

A minister who once eschewed mixing of faith and politics, he became perhaps one of the first and best known examples of it. Falwell founded a lobby organization called the Moral Majority in the seventies, which set the template for all faith lobbies that followed. He was at times influential, and at times controversial. One of the most memorable incidents was his altercation with the Teletubbies television show.