Donald E. Wildmon, whose American Household Affiliation led boycotts over sexuality and homosexual themes in American TV reveals and within the arts, died on Dec. 28 in Tupelo, Miss. He was 85.
The trigger was Lewy physique dementia, in line with an announcement posted by the American Household Affiliation.
Wildmon-led teams ran full-page commercials denouncing the Nineties police drama NYPD Blue for what it referred to as “steamy intercourse scenes”; and picketed a Hollywood studio over Martin Scorsese’s The Final Temptation of Christ.
In 1982, Wildmon referred to as for nationwide manufacturers to withdraw advertisements from an NBC-TV film written by the poet Maya Angelou, Sister, Sister. Wildmon claimed the movie promoted “detrimental stereotyping of Christian folks.”
He additionally led assaults on the Nationwide Endowment for the Arts over its grants for work that many conservatives thought of obscene.
The pastor based the Nationwide Federation for Decency in 1977, later renamed the American Household Affiliation.
He’s survived by three kids, Tim, Angela, and Mark Wildmon, and Donna Wildmon Clement, his spouse, Lynda Bennett Wildmon, a sister, Louise Yancy six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
