Dede Robertson, Wife of Religious Broadcaster, Dies at 94

Dede Robertson
FILE - Former Republican presidential hopeful Pat Robertson gives a thumbs-up as he and his wife, Dee Dee, acknowledge applause at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Tuesday, August 17, 1988. Adelia “Dede” Robertson, the wife of religious broadcaster Pat Robertson as well as an author and founding board member of the Christian Broadcasting Network, died Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at her home in Virginia Beach. She was 94. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

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Her attitude changed after she had her own born-again experience at a church service, she told The AP. “I began to see how important what he was doing really was.”

Robertson said that women should not work outside the home while their children are young unless they must. She reared her kids and worked as a nursing professor after they went to school.

She had represented the U.S. on the Inter-American Commission of Women, which was established to ensure recognition of women’s human rights. She also served on the board of Regent University, which her husband founded.

Pat Robertson said in a statement that his wife “was a woman of great faith, a champion of the gospel, and a remarkable servant of Christ who has left an indelible print on all that she set her hand to during her extraordinary life.”

This article originally appeared on APNews.com.

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Ben Finley is a correspondent for The Associated Press based on Norfolk, Va.

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