Graham became the de facto White House chaplain to several presidents, most famously Richard Nixon.
In a rare trip away from his home in his later years, Rev Graham had celebrated his 95th birthday on November 7, 2013, at a hotel in Asheville, North Carolina, where some 800 guests, including Republican politician Sarah Palin, business magnates Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump, and television hostess Kathie Lee Gifford, paid tribute.
