Evangelist American pastor Billy Graham dies aged 99


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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.
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Hide AdGraham 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.


During his life it is estimated that he preached to an estimated 200 million people in 185 countries around the world.
Massive crowds turned up to Ibrox and Tynecastle to hear him speak when he visited Glasgow and Edinburgh respectively.
In 1991, Billy Graham made a return to the Scottish capital, appearing alongside Sir Cliff Richard at an evangelical rally held at Murrayfield Stadium.
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