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Jerry Falwell dies.  The beginning of the literal passing
of  and order. The beneficiary: probably Rick Warren.

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#3. The Reverend Jerry Falwell Dies

Jerry Falwell passed, and so did the ultra-rightwing Rev. James Kennedy and Ruth Graham, Billy's famous and beloved wife — the beginning of the literal passing of an order, in both its peaceable and combative aspects. The likely symbolic executor, responsible for reconciling (if he can) the two sides of the estate: Rick Warren.

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