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The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died.
Spokesman Mark DeMoss says Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and other ailments, died at his home in North Carolina on Wednesday morning. He was 99.
Graham reached more than 200 million through his appearances and millions more through his pioneering use of television and radio. Unlike many traditional evangelists, he abandoned narrow fundamentalism to engage broader society.
He would have turned 100 in November.
BREAKING: Famed evangelist preacher Billy Graham has died at age 99, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association tell @NBCNews - https://t.co/kdrUxk2XiK pic.twitter.com/bejARygSVD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 21, 2018
Associated Press
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