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Article: Herbert W. Armstrong; led Worldwide Church of God
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 17, 1986
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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 ...