Article: Herbert W. Armstrong; led Worldwide Church of God

PASADENA, Calif. Herbert W. Armstrong, a pioneer radio preacher who used his sales talents to build the multimillion-dollar Worldwide Church of God, died yesterday in his home here. He was 93.

"At this point I don't really know if there was a specific cause of death," said Earl Reese, who works in the church's legal office. "He was 93 years old and had lived a very long and full life."

Mr. Armstrong died just two days after Joseph K. Tkach, director of church administration for six years, was named to succeed him.

"I am in a very physically weakened state, enduring severe pain and with virtually no strength whatsoever," Mr. Armstrong wrote in a letter announcing his choice to church ...

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