Jerry Falwell was found unconscious, and his death is now reported.
According to this article:
Ron Godwin, the university's executive vice president, said Falwell was found unresponsive late Tuesday morning and taken to Lynchburg General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.
Dr. Carl Moore, Falwell's physician, said the evangelist had a heart rhythm abnormality. He said Falwell was found without a pulse and never regained consciousness.
Falwell is survived by his wife, Macel, and three children, Jerry, Jonathan and Jeannie.
It is said, "Nothing ill should be spoken of the dead."
Jerry Falwell has died.
I shall not speak a lie of him.
de mortuis, nil nisi bonum.