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He built an empire from a gospel and a guitar. Then came the tears. Jimmy Swaggart, the fiery televangelist who preached to millions before a stunning public downfall shook his ministry, has died. He ...

Jimmy Swaggart, a scandal-plagued Pentecostal televangelist who was known for his fire-and-brimstone sermonizing, and who waged a fiery campaign against rock ‘n’ roll even though he was the cousin of ...

The Louisiana native was a Pentecostal preacher with a massive following before being caught on camera with a sex worker in New Orleans in 1988.