India, Aug. 21 -- Dr James Dobson, a child psychologist and evangelical Christian broadcaster who strongly opposed homosexuality, died at his Colorado Springs-based home on Thursday at the age of 89. The Dr. James Dobson Family Institute and family spokesperson Jessica Kramer confirmed the death. No further details have been revealed, including the cause of death.

Besides founding Focus on the Family, Dobson served as a long-time campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. He even served on US President Donald Trump's Evangelical Executive Advisory Board, according to The Associated Press.

Born as James Clayton Dobson Jr. on April 21, 1936, in Shreveport, Louisiana, he was the only child of James and Myrtle Dobson.

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