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LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell "? founder of the Moral Majority and the face of the religious right in the 1980s "? was in "gravely serious"? condition Tuesday after being found unconscious in his office, a Liberty University executive said.

Ron Godwin, Liberty's executive vice president, said Falwell was found unresponsive around 10:45 a.m. and taken to Lynchburg General Hospital. Godwin said he was not sure what caused the collapse, but "he has a history of heart challenges."?

"I had breakfast with him, and he was fine at breakfast,"? Godwin said. "He went to his office, I went to mine and they found him unresponsive."?

A hospital spokeswoman said she had "no information to release at this time"? on Falwell.

Falwell, a television evangelist who founded the Moral Majority in 1979, became the face of the religious right in the 1980s. He later founded the conservative Liberty University and serves as its chancellor.

In the 1980s, Falwell saw his political lobbying organization grow to 6.5 million members, raising millions for conservative politicians.

Falwell survived two serious health scares in early 2005. He was hospitalized for two weeks with what was described as a viral infection, then hospitalized again a few weeks later with congestive heart failure after being found unconscious. At that time he had to be resuscitated by EMTs at the hospital emergency room.