Chaplain to presidents
Billy Graham was close to US presidents from Harry Truman,
through Richard Nixon to Barack Obama.


He played golf with Gerald Ford and went on holiday with
George H W Bush. The latter's son, George W Bush, credits
him with restoring his faith in 2010.


Graham endorsed Nixon for the presidency but went on to
criticise him over the Watergate scandal.
Mr Obama became the 12th president to meet Graham when
he visited the preacher at his hilltop home in North Carolina in
2010.


Graham later ACKNOWLEDGED that his closeness to power risked
compromising his message.

"If I had to do it over again, I would also avoid any semblance
of involvement in partisan politics.

"An evangelist is called to do one thing, and one thing only: to
proclaim the Gospel."

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