Swaggart had been hospitalized since mid-June
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The Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, America's longest-serving TV evangelist and founder of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, has died at 90, his family shared on Tuesday.
During a Sunday service in mid-June, Swaggart's son, the Rev. Donnie Swaggart, asked his congregation to keep his father in their prayers, saying that only a "miracle" could extend his father’s life.
TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart preaches at Flora Blanca Stadium in El Salvador in 1987. (Cindy Karp/Getty Images)
Fox News' Stepheny Price contributed to this report.
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