Louisiana Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, who headlined the Golden Age of Televangelists in the 1980s before an adultery scandal diminished his influence, died Tuesday in a Baton Rouge hospital. Swaggart, who was 90, never regained consciousness following a heart attack in his home June 15.

Louisiana-based televangelist Jimmy Swaggart — whose popularity peaked in the 80s — died Tuesday in a Baton Rouge hospital. He was 90.

Jimmy Swaggart, the Louisiana preacher who built one of the largest televangelist ministries in the 1980s before becoming embroiled in a sex scandal, died Tuesday at the age of 90.