article_snippet.sent: (CNN)The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, California televangelist and founder of the television ministry "Hour of Power," died Thursday, according to (CNN)The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, California televangelist and founder of the television ministry "Hour of Power family.
article_snippet.sent: (CNN)The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, California televangelist and founder of the television ministry "Hour of Power was 88 years old.
article_snippet.sent: Schuller, also the founder of Crystal Cathedral megachurch, had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer in August 2013, a release from "Hour of Power" said.
article_snippet.sent: In 1970, Donna Schuller began broadcasting "Hour of Power," believed to be one of the first, if not the very first, Sunday service to be shown regularly on television.
article_snippet.sent: Donna Schuller tried to install Donna Schuller only son, Bobby Jr., as pastor of Crystal Cathedral.
article_snippet.sent: Bobby Schuller Jr. left "Hour of Power" and the pulpit at Crystal Cathedral after a short time.
article_snippet.sent: the younger Schuller, had fallen to dust.
article_snippet.sent: Eventually, Schuller's grandson, also named Bobby, took over "Hour of Power," though at a different church.
highlights_snippet.sent: The Rev. Robert Schuller, 88, had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2013 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The Rev. Robert Schuller, 88 TV show, "Hour of Power," was enormously popular in the 1970s and 1980s .