https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/05/pentacostal-televangelist-ernest-angley-dies-at-age-99.html

Cuyahoga Falls Pentecostal televangelist Ernest Angley dies at age 99

By Bill Lubinger, The Plain Dealer and Eric Heisig, cleveland.com
AKRON, Ohio — The Rev. Ernest W. Angley, a faith-healing Pentecostal televangelist who claimed a lifetime of personal visits from God, died Friday at age 99.

“Pastor, evangelist and author Rev. Ernest Angley has gone to Heaven to be with his Lord and Master at 99,” a message on the Ernest Angley Ministries website read. “He touched multitudes of souls worldwide with the pure Word of God confirmed with signs, wonders, miracles and healings. He truly pleased God in all things.”

Angley was a controversial figure at his Cuyahoga Falls Grace Cathedral and beyond.

The pastor, whose father worked in a textile mill, was the middle of seven children reared from humble roots in Gastonia, North Carolina. He left the Baptist Church at 18 to become a Pentecostal and worked as a traveling preacher during the Depression.

At 20, he attended the Church of God Bible Training School in Tennessee, where he met his wife, Esther Lee – known as “Angel.” The couple decided not to have children because he wanted Angel on the road with him, The Washington Post reported in a 1980 profile.

Angley claimed that at 23, he suffered from an ulcerated stomach that couldn’t be cured until the Lord visited again and healed him.

The Angleys appeared together in tent revivals, auditoriums and churches throughout the south before moving the ministry – on God’s advice – to Akron in 1954. Within three years, the church had matured from a parking-lot tent to a $1 million building that drew 3,000 followers a week.

He also had his detractors. Angley’s later years were plagued by lawsuits by those who worked for him and the federal government.

On Friday, May 7, 2021 at 10:08:34 PM UTC-4, Big Mongo wrote:
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> Cuyahoga Falls Pentecostal televangelist Ernest Angley dies at age 99

I only remember him from when Johnny Carson used to do a mocking impression of him.

On Friday, May 7, 2021 at 10:08:34 PM UTC-4, Big Mongo wrote:
> https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/05/pentacostal-televangelist-ernest-angley-dies-at-age-99.html
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> Cuyahoga Falls Pentecostal televangelist Ernest Angley dies at age 99
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> He also had his detractors. Angley’s later years were plagued by lawsuits by those who worked for him and the federal government.

He was the inspiration (or rather target) of Robin Williams ' "Reverend Ernest Angry", which he included in his act for many years

On Saturday, 8 May 2021 at 11:38:34 UTC+9:30, Big Mongo wrote:
> https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/05/pentacostal-televangelist-ernest-angley-dies-at-age-99.html
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> Cuyahoga Falls Pentecostal televangelist Ernest Angley dies at age 99
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> By Bill Lubinger, The Plain Dealer and Eric Heisig, cleveland.com
> AKRON, Ohio — The Rev. Ernest W. Angley, a faith-healing Pentecostal televangelist who claimed a lifetime of personal visits from God, died Friday at age 99.
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> “Pastor, evangelist and author Rev. Ernest Angley has gone to Heaven to be with his Lord and Master at 99,” a message on the Ernest Angley Ministries website read. “He touched multitudes of souls worldwide with the pure Word of God confirmed with signs, wonders, miracles and healings. He truly pleased God in all things.”
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> Angley was a controversial figure at his Cuyahoga Falls Grace Cathedral and beyond.
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> The pastor, whose father worked in a textile mill, was the middle of seven children reared from humble roots in Gastonia, North Carolina. He left the Baptist Church at 18 to become a Pentecostal and worked as a traveling preacher during the Depression.
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> At 20, he attended the Church of God Bible Training School in Tennessee, where he met his wife, Esther Lee – known as “Angel.” The couple decided not to have children because he wanted Angel on the road with him, The Washington Post reported in a 1980 profile.
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> Angley claimed that at 23, he suffered from an ulcerated stomach that couldn’t be cured until the Lord visited again and healed him.
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> The Angleys appeared together in tent revivals, auditoriums and churches throughout the south before moving the ministry – on God’s advice – to Akron in 1954. Within three years, the church had matured from a parking-lot tent to a $1 million building that drew 3,000 followers a week.
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> He also had his detractors. Angley’s later years were plagued by lawsuits by those who worked for him and the federal government.

Gone to meet his scammer in the sky.