One of the nation’s most powerful preachers who helped usher evangelical Christianity into the American mainstream, died Wednesday.
Billy Graham was 99-years-old.
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association confirmed his death. Graham, who long suffered from cancer and other ailments, died at his home in North Carolina.
In his final decade, Graham had suffered Parkinson’s disease and loss of hearing and vision, which forced him to substantially retreat from the public eye.
He was hospitalized several times since May 2011 with pneumonia and respiratory problems, most recently on November 20.