Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90

Gospel giant: Jimmy Swaggart’s gift for music helped power his ministry | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who died Tuesday in Baton Rouge at age 90, was a world-famous preacher, but he was also one of the bestselling gospel music artists of all time. Swaggart, a cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley, sang and played the piano on dozens of gospel albums.

How Jimmy Swaggart Went to Grave Aged 90 Haunted by Prostitution Scandal That Toppled Him From Top of Televangelism Tree

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart had it all, and then he lost everything due to his love os prostitutes.

How Jimmy Swaggart Changed American Christianity

American televangelist Jimmy Lee Swaggart haranguing his audience. (Photo by Rick Maiman/Sygma via Getty Images)THE DEATH THIS WEEK OF JIMMY SWAGGART at the age of 90 brings to an end one of the most controversial and remarkable careers in recent American religious life. For younger Americans, Swaggart’s name might not mean anything; others might recall blurry footage of a weeping preacher confessing, “I have sinned.” And sin he did, but in a ti…

Who was Jimmy Swaggart, the late, anti-LGBTQ+, disgraced televangelist?

Swaggart, who was involved in scandals with female sex workers, was as homophobic as any of his ilk, once saying he'd kill a gay man who looked at him with romantic intentions.

Famed televangelist, preacher dies at 90 after suffering cardiac arrest

Televangelist and preacher, Jimmy Swaggart died at 90 after suffering a cardiac arrest weeks prior.

Jimmy Swaggart, passionate televangelist ousted by scandal, dies at 90 - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, who emerged from the backwoods of Louisiana to become a television evangelist with global reach, preaching about an eternal struggle between good and evil and warning of the temptations of the flesh, a theme that played out in his own life in a sex scandal, died Tuesday. He was 90.