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He was born Bernie Lazar Hoffman in Joplin,
Missouri and is a controversial preacher,
singer, entrepreneur and evangelist who became a religious cult
leader. He had a business that
created sequined denim jackets but ended with him serving a jail sentence
for tax evasion. He
married Edith Opal Horn, an actress using the name Susan Alamo, who died in
1982. He took
Alamo
as a stage name for his singing career and had a syndicated TV program in
the 1970s.
Tony Alamo Songs
Heartaches (Al
Hoffman/John
Klenner )
Near
You (Francis
Craig/Kermit
Goell )
Sources:
1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Alamo
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