Obituary: Billy Graham.
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Once dubbed God's Ambassador, Billy Graham went to the four corners of the world with his evangelical mission.
His soft-spoken Southern style was in direct contrast to the fire and brimstone adopted by so many evangelical preachers.
Over six decades, he preached to an estimated 215 million people in 185 countries and reached hundreds of millions more through his radio and television ministry.
His early audiences were predominantly white, middle-class and conservative.
But, as the civil rights movement gained momentum, he began to preach against segregation and formed a sometimes strained friendship with Martin Luther King.
William Franklin Graham Jr was born on 7 November 1918 and brought up on the family dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina.
His parents were members of the conservative Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
