June 1 - Reverend Ike, American televangelist (d. 2009)

Reverend Ike, a pastor from New York City, began preaching about prosperity in the late 1960s.

The old, ornate movie house a few blocks up Broadway had become the headquarters for the Reverend Ike's ministry.

Loews 175th Street (1930; 3,564 seats) became the Reverend Ike's church.

A highly eccentric 82-year-old television priest who sounds as if he could make the Reverend Ike look like Thomas Aquinas takes up the cause of reconciliation.

This song is Reverend Ike's only chart single.

Reverend Ike died in Los Angeles at age 74 on July 28, 2009, after having not fully recovered from a stroke in 2007.

Reverend Ike died on July 28, 2009.

These days, Reverend Ike maintains a lower profile but continues to minister every week from his church in Upper Manhattan.

Mom doesn't have any money, so it's not like she's siphoning off my inheritance to keep Reverend Ike in limousines.