Billy Graham: Influential US evangelist dies at 99

[Jimbuna]

US evangelist Billy Graham - one of the most influential preachers of the 20th Century - has died aged 99.

Graham became one of the best-known promoters of Christianity, beginning his worldwide mission in large arenas in London in 1954.

He died at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, a spokesman for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said.

In a 60-year career, he is estimated to have preached to hundreds of millions of people.

Graham reached millions of them through TV - the first to use the medium to convey the Christian message on that scale.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43142263

RIP Sir