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Jimmy Swaggart has died after suffering a cardiac arrest

Lisa

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Thoughts and prayers to a despicable man.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who became a household name amassing an enormous following and multimillion-dollar ministry only to be undone by his penchant for prostitutes, has died.

Swaggart died decades after his once vast audience dwindled and his name became a punchline on late night television. His death was announced Tuesday on his public Facebook page. A cause wasn’t immediately given, though at 90 he had been in poor health.




The Louisiana native was best known for being a captivating Pentecostal preacher with a massive following before being caught on camera with a prostitute in New Orleans in 1988, one of a string of successful TV preachers brought down in the 1980s and ’90s by sex scandals. He continued preaching for decades, but with a reduced audience.
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Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90

Jimmy Swaggart, the televangelist whose multimillion-dollar ministry was crippled by his encounters with prostitutes, has died. He was 90.
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Death is the great equalizer...

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Could have lived a better life. Sorry to his family for their loss.
 
Lisa said:
Thoughts and prayers to a despicable man.


apnews.com

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

Jimmy Swaggart, the televangelist whose multimillion-dollar ministry was crippled by his encounters with prostitutes, has died. He was 90.
apnews.com apnews.com
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Jimmy Lee Swaggart. Most interesting thing about him, after his ability to cry on cue, was he was Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin. They grew up together and learned to play piano on the same piano.
 
He was just a guy who decided to use Jesus' name to become rich.
 
Praying for the dead is too little, too late...
 
Grand Mal said:
Jimmy Lee Swaggart. Most interesting thing about him, after his ability to cry on cue, was he was Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin. They grew up together and learned to play piano on the same piano.
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I once heard Jerry Lee Lewis wrote this song about Swaggart's propensity to satisfy his sexual needs/desires via seeking out "ladies of the evening".

 
Grand Mal said:
Jimmy Lee Swaggart. Most interesting thing about him, after his ability to cry on cue, was he was Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin. They grew up together and learned to play piano on the same piano.
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And he was a damn good piano player, maybe better than his cousin, who I detest for his racially charged comments about Leon Russell:

"Well ole Leon, he was alright till he married that n****r."

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Now he doesn't even know he was living a lie. He did before, but not now. Just dead.
 
Grand Mal said:
Jimmy Lee Swaggart. Most interesting thing about him, after his ability to cry on cue, was he was Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin. They grew up together and learned to play piano on the same piano.
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And now Jimmy Lee is the one who will be dealing with great balls of fire (if there's any justice).
 
Dana Carvey's Church Lady bit with Jimmy Swaggart was one of the best SNL skits.

 
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