Billy Graham, dead at 99, counselor to presidents and evangelist pastor
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According to a spokesman for the Nannenomanian Christiane Christian Christianity, headed by Graham's son Franklin in his home in Montreat, Graham, North Carolina, Graham died just before 8 o'clock.
Graham spokesman Mark Demos told on Wednesday evening that for a long time the physician came about 20 minutes later and he said, quotation, he was just worn out.
In the 1990s, Graham had detected symptoms of Parkinson's, Demos said. He said that Graham died in his sleep. "It was described as a very quiet passage by the nurse and his doctor, he was not in any pain," said the demos.
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William Franklin Graham was born on November 7, 1918, "America's Pastor" came from modest means and grew up on a dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina. He found his spiritual path on the 16th, the travel minister and leader of the Samyama movement, Mordecai Haim have loved him very much. Graham later moved to Florida and was appointed in 1939.
He met his future wife Ruth Mccl Bell, while he fled to Wheaton College, and he got married in 1943. Together they will give birth to five children, and they will become a reliable adviser
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"When it comes to spiritual things, my wife has had the greatest impact on my ministry," Graham said of Bell, who died in June 2007.
Graham's body will arrive at Billy Graham Training Center in Asheville on Thursday. On Saturday, will be a private family prayer service and will transport a motorcycle body to Billy Graham's headquarters in Charlotte, Demos said. The body will lie in the rest of the Graham family with a closed casket from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. At least on Monday and Tuesday, but it can be extended, he said.
A funeral service will be organized under a tent in front of the Billy Graham Library in a tribute to a famous Crusade Graham, organized in Los Angeles in 1949, in which, in 1949 he had a national reputation, The tent was organized under "Canvas Cathedral," Demos said.
Graham was known for his sense of humour and to maintain a non-biased Christian attitude, who criticized him. But due to his dedication to the ministry and unity, in view of the isolated policies, the refusal to refuse was denied, so that the churches could be integrated for their services.
Martin Luther King Jr. counted Graham as a close friend and associate, commenting once, "It was not for my good friend Dr Billy Graham, the work in my civil rights movement did not succeed Gaya. "
Even so, Graham's reputation was not without controversy. It was rumoured in the 1990s that the tapes were captured during the Watergate scandal with anti-anti comments made by then-President Richard Nixon. Graham denied that he made the tape public in 2002.
According to an article in the 2002 New York Times, "The thump or break is going down in the country or the drain" Graham said.
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