Before his career ended in shame, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart was a pioneering legend, a magnetic preacher and performer whose mastery of both pulpit and piano earned a groundbreaking national and ...

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who died Tuesday in Baton Rouge, was not only a world-famous preacher but also one of the bestselling gospel music artists of all time. A cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis and ...

As he barnstormed across America, Jimmy Swaggart would prowl the stage like a born-again Mick Jagger, all swagger as he strutted, bellowed, banged on a piano, spoke in tongues and – in a pitch he ...

One of the most well-known televangelists of the 1980s has died. Jimmy Swaggart was 90 years old. A heart attack last month had left him in critical condition. Here's his son, Donnie Swaggart, ...

FILE - Rev. Jimmy Swaggart raises his fist to make point at news conference at the Sports Arena in Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 1987. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, file) BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — ...

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 ...