GEORGE K. OTIS, 90 Led Christian radio network
George K. Otis, a millionaire-turned-evangelist who built Christian radio stations around the globe, died July 22 in his sleep at his Murrieta, Calif., home.
Mr. Otis founded several companies and was an executive at several others, including serving a stint as general manager of the LearJet Corp. aerospace firm. He was a millionaire by the time he was 35 but was dissatisfied.
His Simi Valley-based ministry created the Voice of Hope, a radio network offering religious programming in more than a dozen languages. Its first station was established in 1979 in Lebanon. His ministry also provided hospitals, food and medicine in the Middle East.