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Associated Press - November 22, 2009 2:25 PM ET
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The Rev. Billy Joe Daugherty, the founding pastor of Victory Christian Center, died Sunday after a short battle with lymphoma. He was 57.
Church officials announced the pastor's death during church services Sunday morning. Associate pastor Bruce Edwards told the congregation that Daugherty "graduated into heaven" at 4:40 a.m.
Daugherty, who was originally from Magnolia, Ark.; was hospitalized in October with a viral infection in his throat when tests discovered the cancer.
Daugherty also founded Victory Christian School, Victory Bible Institute and Victory World Missions Training Center.
His television show, Victory in Jesus, was televised throughout the United States. Daugherty and his wife, Sharon Daugherty, have written more than a dozen books.
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