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Quote by Billy Graham

“I have the problems of, I must confess, old age.”

Quote by Billy Graham

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Billy Graham (born November 7, 1918) was a prominent American evangelist, widely regarded as one of the most influential Christian leaders of the 20th century. Graham, born in a farming family in North Carolina, developed a deep passion for religion from an early age. He began his ministry in 1939 and spent the following decades spreading the Christian Gospel through radio, television, books, and speaking engagements to hundreds of millions of people around the world. more

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