Arkansas Democrat Gazette
May 20, 2017
Story by Bill Bowden

Blood ailment fatal to cult leader Tony Alamo

Evangelist and cult leader Tony Alamo died May 2 of blood poisoning, according to a document from the federal Bureau of Prisons.

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Santa Clarita Gazette
May 18, 2017
Linda Pedersen

Now and Then: Fleeting Memories of the Alamo Foundation

Good and evil. Black and white. Those contrasts ran through my mind while reading about the recent death of infamous cult leader Tony Alamo. Tony, his wife Susan, and a disparate collection of lost souls inhabited the SCV for a few brief years in the early ‘70s, adding a bit of colorful perplexity to our sage brush-covered canyons. The evangelical couple reigned over a cadre of young homeless people “rescued” from drug-infested streets in Los Angeles. They established a headquarters north of the Soledad Canyon/Sierra Highway junction that professed to grant salvation through hard work and strict religious practices.

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Times Record
May 7, 2017
Editorial

Editorial: Alamo left trail of hurt during lifetime

No doubt to his dying day, Tony Alamo continued to proclaim he never did anything wrong.

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SPLCenter.org/Hatewatch
May 5, 2017
by Bill Morlin

Gay-Bashing Evangelist and Cult Leader Tony Alamo Dies in Prison

Evangelist Tony Alamo, whose anti-Catholic, gay-bashing rants attracted hundreds of followers and made him a millionaire, died this week in prison where he was serving a 175-year term for raping young girls he called his child brides. He was 82.

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Texarkana Gazette
May 4, 2017
By Lynn LaRowe

Tony Alamo dies in prison
Cult leader was serving 175 years for bringing girls across state lines for sex

Imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo died Tuesday while in custody at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, N.C., according to a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The 82-year-old Alamo, whose given name was Bernie Lazar Hoffman, was convicted in July 2009 0in a Texarkana federal court of bringing five girls he wed as children across state lines for sex. Later that year, he was sentenced to 175 years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Harry Barnes in the Texarkana Division of the Western District of Arkansas.

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Texarkana Gazette
May 4, 2017
by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Bill Bowden of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette did the reporting on this story.)

The strange life and demise of Tony Alamo

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The Washington Post
May 3, 2017
By Kelly P. Kissel | AP

Disgraced preacher, child sex abuser Tony Alamo dies

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Tony Alamo, a one-time street preacher whose apocalyptic ministry grew into a multimillion-dollar network of businesses and property before he was convicted in Arkansas of sexually abusing girls he considered his wives, has died in prison. He was 82.

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Arkansas Online
May 3, 2017
By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Imprisoned evangelist, child sex abuser Tony Alamo dies in federal custody

Imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo has died more than seven years after he was sentenced in federal court in Arkansas to a 175-year prison term, authorities said.

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Texarkana Gazette
May 3, 2017
By: Lynn LaRowe

Evangelist and convicted sex abuser Tony Alamo has died

Imprisoned evangelist Tony Alamo, whose given name is Bernie Lazar Hoffman, died at age 82 Tuesday at federal hospital in North Carolina, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons and an FBI source.

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