Rev. Jimmy Swaggart Hospitalized After Heart Attack
The famed Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, the Louisiana-born televangelist and founder of the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, was hospitalized Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest.
The famed Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, the Louisiana-born televangelist and founder of the Family Worship Center in Baton Rouge, was hospitalized Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest.
At a special evening prayer service at the center, Swaggart's son, Donnie Swaggart, told parishioners that he and his son, Gabriel, found the reverend, 90, unconscious at his home at around 8 a.m. on Sunday and immediately called an ambulance. Medical personnel were able to restart Jimmy Swaggart's heart.