{"id":1449015,"date":"2022-04-21T12:26:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T16:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1449015"},"modified":"2022-04-21T12:27:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T16:27:02","slug":"televangelist-pat-robertsons-spouse-dede-dead-at-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/televangelist-pat-robertsons-spouse-dede-dead-at-94\/","title":{"rendered":"Televangelist Pat Robertson\u2019s Spouse, Dede, Dead At 94"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftelevangelist-pat-robertsons-spouse-dede-dead-at-94%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1449015&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Pat-Robertson-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Televangelist Pat Robertson\u2019s wife, Adelia \u201cDede\u201d Robertson, died at the age of 94 on Tuesday in her Virginia Beach home, according to an obituary posted on the Christian Broadcasting Network\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbn.com\/dederobertson\/\">obit<\/a> did not provide any details as to the cause of her death, but did share touching tributes from her children, calling her the \u201crock\u201d of their family and the one who \u201cheld\u201d their family together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDede Robertson 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,\u201d her husband, the famed televangelist shared in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mom was a rock,\u201d daughter, Ann LeBlanc, shared. \u201cShe was a rock throughout our childhood. Dad had to travel a lot, but Mom was always there for us kids \u2026 that gives great security to children.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dede Robertson, Wife of Televangelist Pat Robertson, Dead at 94: &#8216;A Woman of Great Faith&#8217;  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f075wVrW4w\">https:\/\/t.co\/f075wVrW4w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 People (@people) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/people\/status\/1516801898787090442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think the thing that\u2019s been wonderful for all of us children to see was the extraordinary growth in my parents \u2026 as they got older, it seems like they were getting closer together \u2026 there was a sweetness and a gentleness in both of them,\u201d son, Tim Robertson, wrote. \u201cThat was a great example for us kids to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom was the glue that held the Robertson family together,\u201d son, Gordon Robertson, shared. \u201cShe was always working behind the scenes. If it weren\u2019t for Mom, there wouldn\u2019t be a CBN \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother had so many virtues \u2026 I\u2019ve never heard her complain or want to give up\u2026 she was steadfast,\u201d daughter, Elizabeth Robinson, wrote. \u201cThat\u2019s what Dad needed beside him all these years; a steadfast partner who continually read the Bible and studied the Bible. She was not too concerned about herself. She was selfless. I always saw that growing up. She would make sure we had before she had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dede was born on December 3, 1927, in Columbus, Ohio. She would later graduate \u201cfrom Ohio State University where she earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in Social Administration,\u201d the statement read. She also was a beauty queen in the Miss Ohio State contest and worked as a fashion model.<\/p>\n<p>She later earned a Master of Nursing Degree from Yale University School of Nursing. It was while she was at Yale, she met her husband, M.G. \u201cPat\u201d Robertson, a student in the Yale Law School, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>She is survived by her husband of more than 60 years, their four children, Timothy Robertson, Elizabeth Robinson, Gordon Robertson, and Ann LeBlanc, as well as the couple\u2019s 14 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, the CBN statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral arrangements have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? 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