Pat Robertson, the religious grifter who placed religious fundamentalism squarely at the center of Republican Party through his perhaps ironically-named Christian Coalition, has died at the age of 93. Via the Associated Press:

Robertson’s death Thursday was announced by his broadcasting network. No cause was given.

Robertson’s enterprises also included Regent University, an evangelical Christian school in Virginia Beach; the American Center for Law and Justice, which defends the First Amendment rights of religious people; and Operation Blessing, an international humanitarian organization.

For more than a half-century, Robertson was a familiar presence in American living rooms, known for his “700 Club” television show, and in later years, his televised pronouncements of God’s judgment, blaming natural disasters on everything from homosexuality to the teaching of evolution.

The religious fraud was famous for tying weather events to liberal sin, and for his deranged prophecies. Like this one.