The Rev. Billy Graham: 1918-2018

Evangelist Billy Graham addresses the crowd assembled in Trafalgar Square in London in March 1954.

On June 27, 1954, evangelist Billy Graham speaks to more than 100,000 people at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

Evangelist Billy Graham preaches at tent services in their eighth week at Washington Boulevard and Hill Street in Los Angeles in 1949.

Evangelist Billy Graham addresses a crowd of football supporters at Stamford Bridge in London during halftime at the match between Chelsea and Newcastle United in 1954.

Evangelist Billy Graham makes a second visit to a penal institution in the Chicago area, this time at Stateville Prison standing in a sports field to wave a greeting to inmates on June 14, 1962. Later he addressed the men, whose attendance at the revival session was voluntary.

Evangelist Billy Graham walks across a stage with hands clenched as he preaches in a tent service around 1955.

Evangelist Billy Graham, left, sits next to President John F. Kennedy at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., in 1961.

Preacher Billy Graham reads from the Bible to young children before a meeting at McCormick Place in Chicago on May 31, 1962. Danita Brown, 4, sat on Graham’s lap for the reading.

Soldier Field in Chicago holds a rally conducted by evangelist Billy Graham on June 17, 1962.

Evangelist Billy Graham speaks at Soldier Field in Chicago in front of more than 100,000 people on June 17, 1962.

Rev. Billy Graham attends a news conference at the Hilton Hotel in Chicago on Sept. 17, 1970.

Wheaton College alumnus Billy Graham shows his wife and fellow Wheaton alum, Ruth Bell Graham, where to toss the dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Billy Graham Center at the college on Sept. 28, 1977.

Evangelist Billy Graham in the early 1960s.

Preacher Billy Graham begins his sermon in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome on Oct. 26, 1994.

President Ronald Reagan, left, stands with Rev. Billy Graham, Katharine Graham (no relation) of The Washington Post, and others at Ellis Island in New York on May 3, 1987, when Reagan addressed the 100th Annual Convention of the American Newspaper Publishers Association.

Billy Graham addresses a crowd at the Rosemont Horizon (now called Allstate Arena) celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Moody Bible Institute on Feb. 9, 1986.

Former President Bill Clinton speaks along with evangelist Billy Graham during Graham’s crusade at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York City in 2005.

Evangelist Billy Graham, center, poses with former President George H.W. Bush, from left, former President Bill Clinton, son Franklin Graham, and former President Jimmy Carter in front of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C.

Billy Graham meets privately with Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the Republican presidential nominee, in Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 5, 2000.

Billy Graham preaches during the so-called Celebration of Hope at the New Orleans Arena in Louisiana on March 12, 2006, just months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region.

Former President Bill Clinton, left, greets evangelist Billy Graham onstage during the Billy Graham Library dedication service on May 31, 2007 in Charlotte, N.C. About 1,500 guests attended the private ceremony.

A woman prays as the Rev. Billy Graham, shown on a screen, preaches at the Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade on June 26, 2005, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Queens borough.

After being introduced, Rev. Billy Graham receives kisses from members of the Christian rock group called dc Talk during a youth concert at the Greater Louisville Billy Graham Crusade in June 2001.

Evangelist Billy Graham at his home in the mountains of Montreat, near Asheville, N.C., in July 2006.

At the home he shared with wife Ruth in the mountains of Montreat, N.C., Billy Graham plays with their dogs Paula (white), China and Theo. The Little Piney Cove homestead is located where the Blue Ridge Mountains meet the Black Mountain range east of Asheville.

Rev. Billy Graham in Pasadena, Calif., in 2004.