Jimmy Swaggart
| Born | March 15, 1935 |
| Hometown | Ferriday, Louisiana, United States |
| Net worth | $10 million |
| Spouse | Frances Swaggart |
| Children | Donnie Swaggart |
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Family, friends say goodbye to music legend Jerry Lee Lewis during service in Louisiana
Jimmy Swaggart eulogized Jerry Lee Lewis as “one of the greatest entertainers who ever lived." Lewis' funeral was Saturday in Ferriday, Louisiana.
- CelebrityAssociated Press
Family, fans bid adieu to music icon Jerry Lee Lewis
Family, friends and fans gathered Saturday to bid farewell to rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis at memorial services held in his north Louisiana home town. Lewis, known for hits such as “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On," died Oct. 28 at his Mississippi home, south of Memphis, Tennessee. TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, Lewis' cousin, told the more than 100 people inside Young's Funeral Home in Ferriday, the town where Lewis was born, that when Lewis died he “lost the br
- CelebrityE! News
Jerry Lee Lewis Dead at 87 Days After False Report
Rock n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis has passed away, his rep has confirmed, days after his death was erroneously reported by several outlets. Find out more about the musician's life and career.
- CelebrityReuters
FACTBOX-Eight facts about rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis
* Lewis grew up with his cousins, future country singer Mickey Gilley and evangelist-to-be Jimmy Swaggart, in Ferriday, Louisiana, where Lewis made his performing debut at age 14, singing "Drinking Wine, Spo-Dee-O-Dee" at the opening of an auto dealership in 1949. * Lewis's father, Elmo, went to prison twice for bootlegging. * As a boy, Lewis developed his love of boogie-woogie and blues by sneaking into a Ferriday nightclub that featured the era's best blues musicians.
- EntertainmentReuters
Country singer Mickey Gilley, whose bar launched 'Urban Cowboy,' dies
Country singer Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas-sized honky-tonk bar was the birthplace of the "Urban Cowboy" music and fashion fads of the 1980s, died at age 86 in Branson, Missouri, his Facebook page announced on Saturday. Gilley, a first cousin of both rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and television evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, "had just come off the road ... having played 10 shows in April," his Facebook page said. An employee at the Mickey Gilley Theater in Branson confirmed he had
- USWatertown Daily Times, N.Y.
Watertown tenant with history of painting biblical quotes arrested Friday for allegedly causing over $40k in damage to apartment
Jan. 21—WATERTOWN — A man who has a history of damaging apartments and painting biblical quotes on the walls was arrested again on Friday after allegedly causing more than $40,000 in damage. Mark R. Stewart, 61, of 521 Jefferson St., was charged by city police with second-degree criminal mischief. He was arrested Friday morning and appeared for an arraignment hearing in the afternoon, after ...
- CelebrityReuters
Rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis renews marriage vows with seventh wife
American rock 'n' roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis, 85, renewed marriage vows with his seventh wife on their ninth anniversary, weeks after getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Rev. Donnie Swaggart, son of the televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, who is Lewis' cousin, officiated on Tuesday. The couple held hands in the living room of Lewis Ranch, a tourist attraction where they live part time in Nesbit, Mississippi.
- HealthLos Angeles Times Opinion
Letters to the Editor: Jesus would not want his followers to spread the coronavirus
Evangelist Sean Feucht is doing a decidedly un-Christian deed by putting on concerts and trying to reach out to homeless people during a pandemic.
- CelebrityUSA TODAY
Jerry Lee Lewis' 85th Birthday: Keith Richards, Ringo Starr join virtual celebration
Jerry Lee Lewis recently turned 85, and a slew of fellow rock and roll legends will be part of a virtual celebration later this month.
