American evangelist the Rev Billy Graham, one of the world’s most influential preachers who had a close relationship with the Queen, has died aged 99.
Rev Graham, a Southern Baptist minister, died at 8am local time at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, said Jeremy Blume, a spokesman for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
The retired evangelist had famously counselled every US president from Harry Truman to Barack Obama, and made many visits to the UK during his career.
