Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart has died at the age of 90, according to a statement on his social media. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

Televangelist Rev. Jimmy Swaggart died at the age of 90, two weeks after he suffered a heart attack. The scandal-ridden reverend never regained consciousness after the medical episode in his home in Baton Rouge on June 15, according to the Shrevport Times.

Swaggart went into cardiac arrest recently, and his ministry provided an update on what happened to him.