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Doug Coe in 2016. He led the Fellowship Foundation, a secretive faith-based group that sponsors the National Prayer Breakfast.
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Doug Coe
Died on February 21, 2017 at age 88
Mr. Coe was an evangelical leader who gained influence with powerful figures around the world as head of a prominent but secretive faith-based organization that sponsors the National Prayer Breakfast, an annual event in Washington and in many state capitals.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.