Daystar Cofounder and President Joni Lamb Dies at 65

The network said she had been facing ‘serious health matters.’ Lamb cofounded Daystar alongside her late husband in 1993.

Television evangelist Joni Lamb sings during "Celebration," a show that she and her husband Marcus hosted on the Daystar Network in Colleyville, Texas, on July 30, 2001. Lawrence Jenkins/The Dallas Morning News via AP

Joni Lamb, cofounder and president of Daystar Television Network, who helped transform a single Texas television station into a global Christian broadcasting network, died Thursday at age 65.

Daystar announced Lamb’s death in a statement posted May 7 on the network’s website, saying she had been facing “serious health matters” before suffering a recent back injury that worsened her condition.