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Jimmy Swaggart, Televangelist, Billboard Chartmaker, Grammy Nominee & Cousin to 2 Famous Musicians, Dies at 90
Jimmy Swaggart, televangelist, Billboard chartmaker, Grammy nominee and cousin to 2 famous musicians, dies at 90.
He died at Baton Rouge (Louisiana) General Medical Center two weeks after suffering a cardiac event on June 15, according to a statement from Megan Kelly, a family spokesperson. In 1987, he co-authored Religious Rock n Roll: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing with Robert Paul Lamb, in which he argued that the rise of the Contemporary Christian Music is as an extension of “worldly” entertainment interests. Two years later, he proposed to television producers in Nashville a program including a music segment, a short sermon and time for talking about current ministry projects.
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