Liberty University has announced that its founder, Reverend Jerry Falwell, has died. Reverend Falwell was found unconscious earlier today in his office at Liberty when someone discovered that he had missed an appointment.
A prominent leader in religious and conservative political circles for more than three decades, he also had his share of controversy. 
In 1999, an article in Falwell's National Liberty Journal suggested that Tinky Winky, a character on the children's tv show ``Teletubbies'' , was a symbol for homosexuality. It cited Tinky Winky's purple color, triangle symbol on his head and handbag.
Falwell was also widely criticized after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks for suggesting that God allowed them to take place because of the work of civil liberties groups, abortion-rights supporters and other groups. Falwell would later apologize for his comments.
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