US televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multi-million dollar ministry with a global reach was crippled after a sex scandal, has died at the age of 90.
“For over seven decades, Brother Swaggart poured out his life preaching the gospel, singing songs of the faith, and pointing millions to the saving power of Jesus Christ and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit,” his church said.
Mr Swaggart had gone into cardiac arrest at his home in Baton Rouge on 15 June. He was taken to hospital in critical condition, his family said.
Mr Swaggart began broadcasting sermons via radio in the 1960s and became a pioneer of televangelism, parlaying his success into a media empire until a sex scandal derailed it all.
