Billy Graham, 99, Dies; Pastor Filled Stadiums and Counseled Presidents

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN

Mr. Graham preaching when he was 27 in 1947. Credit Billy Graham Center 

 

The Rev. Billy Graham, a North Carolina farmer’s son who preached to millions in stadium events he called crusades, becoming a pastor to presidents and the nation’s best-known Christian evangelist for more than 60 years, died on Wednesday at his home in Montreat, N.C. He was 99...https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/obituaries/billy-graham-dead.html