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AverageOldGuy

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27. Little known fact.
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 12:28 PM
Jul 2025
"The Killer" -- Jerry Lee Lewis (1935 - 2022) -- and Swaggart were cousins. Both of them grew up in the Southern Pentecostal tradition. Swaggart took up preaching while Jerry Lee learned and perfected his piano playing. Jimmy should have taken up the piano. (Yes, I know, Jerry Lee married his underage cousin, but, hey . . . what can I say?)

Meanwhile, for you who don't know The Killer and his music -- here's the Wikipedia article.

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Hell welcomes a new citizen. Tarzanrock Jul 2025 #1
About damned time Srkdqltr Jul 2025 #2
Hell is burning a little hotter today lapfog_1 Jul 2025 #3
That explains our heat dome! chowder66 Jul 2025 #23
Great news! Sibelius Fan Jul 2025 #4
wow - what the hell took so long? nt orleans Jul 2025 #5
Perhaps it could be said, colorado_ufo Jul 2025 #48
I thought Satan had called him home years ago, but Ocelot II Jul 2025 #6
Me too (all irony intended)... Moostache Jul 2025 #57
As I posted to malaise's thread Sunday, these harbingers have been loud on my pre-dawn walk hlthe2b Jul 2025 #7
Good Riddance tonekat Jul 2025 #8
so is Jim Bakker the last man standing? eShirl Jul 2025 #9
Just about. valleyrogue Jul 2025 #21
Today's sick evangelicals preach about shooting gay people wolfie001 Jul 2025 #30
Not nice, but 'hurrah'. sinkingfeeling Jul 2025 #10
The works for me! wolfie001 Jul 2025 #31
Here's my long distance dedication to Jimmy Swaggart eShirl Jul 2025 #11
Frank's dedication was epic... JoseBalow Jul 2025 #52
Wow! atreides1 Jul 2025 #12
I came by to see how many times this is posted wolfie001 Jul 2025 #32
I think that was just wishful thinking Skittles Jul 2025 #89
Scumbags live far too long. Basso8vb Jul 2025 #13
May he Rest In Piss. DinahMoeHum Jul 2025 #14
Enjoy your stay in the hell of your creation fucker. Autumn Jul 2025 #15
lol wolfie001 Jul 2025 #33
I'm surprised he lasted this long SpankMe Jul 2025 #16
He was probably taking anti-AIDS drug cocktails wolfie001 Jul 2025 #34
I have absolutely no respect for televangelists whatsoever. MIButterfly Jul 2025 #17
I love love love that Lady Preacher who ran her church adjacent to the WH!!! wolfie001 Jul 2025 #35
I hope it hurt Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2025 #18
May he go straight to the hell he preached about. Dan Jul 2025 #19
I thought he was already dead Pototan Jul 2025 #20
It sucked he outlived his cousins Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley. n/t valleyrogue Jul 2025 #22
Wow, didn't know he was related to them. mwmisses4289 Jul 2025 #29
Thank God and Greyhound you're gone. republianmushroom Jul 2025 #24
Greyhound express..straight to destination,no stopping along the way! BattleRow Jul 2025 #44
My first thought, when I read this was MLWR Jul 2025 #25
Melanoma-inspired retort! wolfie001 Jul 2025 #36
And God says Marthe48 Jul 2025 #26
Little known fact. AverageOldGuy Jul 2025 #27
60 years swong19104 Jul 2025 #28
good riddaance, you grifting scum. niyad Jul 2025 #37
St. Peter is going to make him head atom smasher! Jacson6 Jul 2025 #38
! Marcuse Jul 2025 #39
Fake crying seems to be a major new requirement for RWers any more...nt Wounded Bear Jul 2025 #41
Except for MAGAs. progressoid Jul 2025 #54
At least 50 years too late...nt Wounded Bear Jul 2025 #40
I want to make repeated calls to his church and ask to speak to him! lastlib Jul 2025 #42
Salvation? Remball Jul 2025 #43
Yeah, But St. Peter can make him head atom smasher! Jacson6 Jul 2025 #46
A noble and generous sentiment. BattleRow Jul 2025 #47
Word! marble falls Jul 2025 #75
Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2025 #87
And that is one of the problems with Christianity RedArkGuy Jul 2025 #92
Bye! greatauntoftriplets Jul 2025 #45
Adios, Fucko! JoseBalow Jul 2025 #49
The feel good story of the day. twodogsbarking Jul 2025 #50
Dammit! I was hoping he would outlive a certain president. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2025 #51
Maybe we can have a threefer... hunter Jul 2025 #73
Burn in hell Swaggart Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 #53
Metaphormosis into the Big Beautiful bucolic_frolic Jul 2025 #55
A morsel of good news on an all-around crappy day. yourout Jul 2025 #56
This is exactly why angrychair Jul 2025 #58
Satan: "Well done, my servant. Time to come home." Grokenstein Jul 2025 #59
The devil claims what belongs to him biophile Jul 2025 #60
What's the bad news? Ray Bruns Jul 2025 #61
My momma always said I should say something good about the dead... From The Ashes Jul 2025 #62
My mother taught me to only speak good of the dead. Martin Eden Jul 2025 #63
Can we be so lucky as to hit a trifecta with Robert Tilton and Benny Hinn? LudwigPastorius Jul 2025 #64
Satan called him home. nt doc03 Jul 2025 #65
Finally... llmart Jul 2025 #66
This is my reply.... mgardener Jul 2025 #67
Was he the guy who went on TV and cried "Oh, Lord! I have sinned!" CTyankee Jul 2025 #68
Then probably asked his flock to send $100 for all the tissues he was using Bengus81 Jul 2025 #78
So, the Good Lord wasn't in a hurry to have him back ? Oh wait .... maybe he was from elsewhere ... nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2025 #69
I'm waiting for the scandal that topples Ostein, I just know their is one lurking somewhere! Linda ladeewolf Jul 2025 #70
He was a bad man Justice Brandeis Jul 2025 #71
I wish #DementiaDonnie would join Swaggart in hell. n/t area51 Jul 2025 #72
Swaggart, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Mickey Gilley were cousins. kskiska Jul 2025 #74
Elmer Gantry bites the dust. no_hypocrisy Jul 2025 #76
All I can say is.. ._. Jul 2025 #77
A fraudster, shyster, con man, grifter, has died. Oh well. SamKnause Jul 2025 #79
Hoping for quick end to SCAM artist Jim Bakker. He's 85,hope he never sees 86.... Bengus81 Jul 2025 #80
Too bad Abstractartist Jul 2025 #81
My first thought... EuterpeThelo Jul 2025 #82
He deserves it, but imagine one of two identifiers in an obituary headline is sex scandal karynnj Jul 2025 #83
He completely and totally destroyed his reputation with the scandal. valleyrogue Jul 2025 #84
Wow, thanks. I knew very little of this karynnj Jul 2025 #86
Lots of skullduggery went on behind the scenes. valleyrogue Jul 2025 #88
Most don't know just how cut throat the tele-evangelist industry is. Xolodno Jul 2025 #90
And the Bakker scandal showed that to all the world just how valleyrogue Jul 2025 #91
Satan got a new floor scrubber! Brainfodder Jul 2025 #85
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