UPDATE: 13:35:22 (EDT) AP Confirms the reports that Jerry Falwell is dead. Chuck Todd has just called Falwell the "Elder statesman". The hagiography to cover up a history of hate and bigotry has officially begun. In any event, everyone has someone who will mourn their passing. As such, condolences to Reverend Falwell's family and friends.
UPDATE: 13:28:22 (EDT) Unconfirmed reports that he has died. Being reported by MSNBC, via local radio reporter after speaking with church and family members.
MSNBC is reporting via AP wire that the Rev. Jerry Falwell was found unconscious in his office at Liberty University after missing an appointment. He has been taken to Lynchburg Hospital and details of his condition and treatment are unknown at this time.
I will update with wire stories below the jump.
From AP via the ABQ Journal:
Falwell Found Unconscious, Hospitalized
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) -- The Rev. Jerry Falwell was found unconscious in his office Tuesday and taken to the hospital, a Liberty University executive told a newspaper.
Ron Godwin, the executive vice president of the school, told The News & Advance of Lynchburg that Falwell was found unconscious after missing an appointment Tuesday morning. Falwell arrived at Lynchburg General Hospital around noon, the newspaper reported on its Web site.
When contacted by The Associated Press, Godwin said he couldn't talk at that time.
UPDATE: 12:54:23 PM (EDT) Liberty University spokesman reports that Falwells is in grave and serious condition, per MSNBC.
UPDATE: 13:02:47 PM (EDT) AP reporting that he arrived at the ER with congestive heart failure had to be resuscitated by EMTs. IIRC, only 11% of all patients who code come back to where they were prior to the crisis.
UPDATE: 13:20:45 PM (EDT) Aravosis takes a trip down Falwell memory lane here.
Who can forget Tinky Winky? Good times.
UPDATE: 13:24:55 PM (EDT) Moral question for the group: What happens is Falwell goes into a coma with no discernible brainwave activity (please pass on the easy jokes)? What if he winds up in Terri Schaivo's PVS?
UPDATE: 13:28:22 (EDT) Unconfirmed reports that he has died.