From the "oh, he was still alive?" department: Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker has died at 86. Guardian obituary. NYT obit. As teens, we couldn't decide if PTL stood for "Pay the lady" or "Part thy legs." His wife Tammy Faye, famously known for her eyelashes, actually redeemed herself, divorcing Jim while he was in prison, and became a gay icon.

Frances Stonor Saunders, author of Who Paid the Piper? The CIA and the Cultural Cold War (LRB review by Edward Said) has passed away at 60.