LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Macel Falwell, widow of the Rev. Jerry Falwell Sr., has died.
The Falwell family announced her death Thursday on social media. She was 82.
Jerry Falwell Jr. confirmed his mother’s death in an email Friday to The Associated Press and wrote that the family was preparing a statement.
Macel Falwell and the elder Falwell were married for 49 years.
He was an early conservative cultural warrior and founder of the Moral Majority. He died in May 2007.
The Falwells have three children: Jonathan, pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church, where his father preached for 51 years; Jeannie Savas, a surgeon; and Jerry Jr., president of Liberty University, the private Christian university also founded by Falwell Sr.
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