Ole Anthony, native Minnesotan who was the scourge of televangelists, dies at 82 By Clay Risen New York Times April 30, 2021 — 4:54pm Text size Copy shortlink: Ole Anthony, a former Air Force intelligence specialist and Texas political operative who found Jesus in 1972, built a following among the down-and-out of east Dallas, and then used that movement to take down a rogue's gallery of unscrupulous televangelists and faith healers, died April 13 at a house in Dallas that he shared with several members of his organization, the Trinity Foundation. He was 82. His death was confirmed by Pete Evans, a Trinity member who, like Anthony, had taken a vow of poverty before acquiring a private investigator's license, which let him peer deeper into the lifestyles of rich and famous preachers.