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

The Pentecostal preacher and pioneer of televangelism had been in critical condition at a Louisiana hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest June 15.

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.