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World-famous evangelist Billy Graham has been hospitalised with pneumonia.
The 92-year-old preacher is resting comfortably in the hospital in Asheville, North Carolina tonight.
He arrived at Mission Hospital after experiencing discomfort overnight and was admitted for observation and pulmonary treatment, the hospital said in a statement.
Tests suggested pneumonia and showed his heart was functioning normally, the hospital said.
Graham was alert and resting comfortably, said Dr Lucian Rice, Graham's primary physician. It is not clear how long he will be in the hospital for.
'Appropriate antibiotics are being administered, and he is clinically stable at this time,' said Dr Shaw Henderson in the hospital statement.
Graham, arguably the best-known American evangelist, has preached the Christian gospel to millions worldwide and has given spiritual advice to numerous U.S. Presidents.
But age-related medical conditions including macular degeneration and hearing loss have kept him mostly at his Montreat, North Carolina, mountain home in recent years, Graham spokesman Larry Ross said.
In a long, distinguished career, Mr Graham, remains in good overall health and has a clear mind he met with twelve United States Presidents, including President Obama and dating back to Harry S. Truman.
The Southern Baptist rose to celebrity status as his sermons were broadcast on radio and television and it is thought he has preached the Gospel in person to more people than anyone in history.
Mr Graham's lifetime audience, including radio and television broadcasts, has topped 2.2 billion.
Born William Franklin Graham Jr. on November 7, 1918, on a dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, and was raised in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
When Prohibition ended in 1933, legend has it that Graham's father forced him and his sister Katherine to drink beer until they vomited, which created an aversion, in both of them, to alcohol and drugs.
After graduating from high school he attended Bob Jones College in Cleveland, Tennessee, but decided to quit after one semester.
Bob Jones Sr. himself warned Mr Graham not to throw his life away.
He said: 'At best, all you could amount to would be a poor country Baptist preacher somewhere out in the sticks. You have a voice that pulls. God can use that voice of yours. He can use it mightily.'
Mr Graham transferred to the Florida Bible Institute in 1937 where, accoprding to his autobiography, he 'received [his] calling on the 18th green of the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club.'
He graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois with a degree in anthropology in 1943. It was while he was that Graham decided to accept the Bible as the infallible word of God.
Mr Graham married Wheaton classmate Ruth Bell in 1943, a union that would last 33 until her death in 2007.
He wrote: 'I saw her walking down the road towards me and I couldn't help but stare at her as she walked.
'She looked at me and our eyes met and I felt that she was definitely the woman I wanted to marry.'
Ruth, in return, once said that she thought Mr Graham 'wanted to please God more than any man I'd ever met.'
They had five children together: Virginia, Graham, Anne, Ruth and Franklin, who looks set to be his father's successor at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
He has 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
In a 'rule' that came to be known as the Billy Graham Rule, he decided to guard against any appearance of wrongdoing, he would never be alone with a woman, other than his wife.
After college, Mr Graham served briefly as pastor of the Village Church in Western Springs, close to Wheaton.
A friend who had a radio show told him it was about to be closed due to lack of funding.
Mr Graham took over the show with financial support from his parishioners, keeping its title Songs In The Night.
He eventually decided to move on and was hired as the first full time evangelist of the new Youth for Christ International, travelling extensively throughout America and Europe.
Though he had little formal thelogical training compared to other evangelists, Mr Graham rose to national prominence with revival meetings in Los Angeles in 1949, inside circus tents in a parking lot.
The events were backed by William Randolph Hearst, who gave him maximum publicity through his newspaper chain and national magazines.
In 1950 he founded the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and went on to set up his evangelistic crusades.
Typically he would rent a large venue, such as a stadium, park, or street and arranged for a group of up to 5,000 people to sing in a choir.
During the Cold War, Graham became the first evangelist of note to speak behind the Iron Curtain, addressing large crowds in countries throughout Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union, calling for peace.
In the Eighties and in 2000 he sponsored and organized massive training conferences for Christian evangelists from around the world.
He last public appearance was in April, 2010, when, at the age of 91 and with substantial vision and hearing loss, he attended a re-dedication of the renovated Billy Graham Library.
World-famous evangelist Billy Graham has been hospitalised with pneumonia.
The 92-year-old preacher is resting comfortably in the hospital in Asheville, North Carolina tonight.
He arrived at Mission Hospital after experiencing discomfort overnight and was admitted for observation and pulmonary treatment, the hospital said in a statement.
The preacher man: Billy Graham, shown here in 2010, has been hospitalised for pneumonia
Graham was alert and resting comfortably, said Dr Lucian Rice, Graham's primary physician. It is not clear how long he will be in the hospital for.
'Appropriate antibiotics are being administered, and he is clinically stable at this time,' said Dr Shaw Henderson in the hospital statement.
Graham, arguably the best-known American evangelist, has preached the Christian gospel to millions worldwide and has given spiritual advice to numerous U.S. Presidents.
Triple tribute: Graham, seated, at a dedication ceremony for the Billy Graham Library in 2007 with former presidents Bush, Carter and Clinton
In a long, distinguished career, Mr Graham, remains in good overall health and has a clear mind he met with twelve United States Presidents, including President Obama and dating back to Harry S. Truman.
The Southern Baptist rose to celebrity status as his sermons were broadcast on radio and television and it is thought he has preached the Gospel in person to more people than anyone in history.
Mr Graham's lifetime audience, including radio and television broadcasts, has topped 2.2 billion.
His true love: Arriving in London with wife Ruth in 1955
When Prohibition ended in 1933, legend has it that Graham's father forced him and his sister Katherine to drink beer until they vomited, which created an aversion, in both of them, to alcohol and drugs.
After graduating from high school he attended Bob Jones College in Cleveland, Tennessee, but decided to quit after one semester.
Bob Jones Sr. himself warned Mr Graham not to throw his life away.
He said: 'At best, all you could amount to would be a poor country Baptist preacher somewhere out in the sticks. You have a voice that pulls. God can use that voice of yours. He can use it mightily.'
Mr Graham transferred to the Florida Bible Institute in 1937 where, accoprding to his autobiography, he 'received [his] calling on the 18th green of the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club.'
He graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois with a degree in anthropology in 1943. It was while he was that Graham decided to accept the Bible as the infallible word of God.
At the pulpit: How he is best remembered, Graham is said to have preached to more people in the world than anyone else
He wrote: 'I saw her walking down the road towards me and I couldn't help but stare at her as she walked.
'She looked at me and our eyes met and I felt that she was definitely the woman I wanted to marry.'
Ruth, in return, once said that she thought Mr Graham 'wanted to please God more than any man I'd ever met.'
They had five children together: Virginia, Graham, Anne, Ruth and Franklin, who looks set to be his father's successor at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
He has 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
In a 'rule' that came to be known as the Billy Graham Rule, he decided to guard against any appearance of wrongdoing, he would never be alone with a woman, other than his wife.
Special invitation: Graham preached at the Queen Elizabeth's country home, Sandringham, England, in 1984
A friend who had a radio show told him it was about to be closed due to lack of funding.
Mr Graham took over the show with financial support from his parishioners, keeping its title Songs In The Night.
He eventually decided to move on and was hired as the first full time evangelist of the new Youth for Christ International, travelling extensively throughout America and Europe.
Though he had little formal thelogical training compared to other evangelists, Mr Graham rose to national prominence with revival meetings in Los Angeles in 1949, inside circus tents in a parking lot.
Papal meeting: Graham has a chat with Pope John Paul II in 1981
In 1950 he founded the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and went on to set up his evangelistic crusades.
Typically he would rent a large venue, such as a stadium, park, or street and arranged for a group of up to 5,000 people to sing in a choir.
During the Cold War, Graham became the first evangelist of note to speak behind the Iron Curtain, addressing large crowds in countries throughout Eastern Europe and in the Soviet Union, calling for peace.
In the Eighties and in 2000 he sponsored and organized massive training conferences for Christian evangelists from around the world.
He last public appearance was in April, 2010, when, at the age of 91 and with substantial vision and hearing loss, he attended a re-dedication of the renovated Billy Graham Library.
Family portrait: With wife and their five children in 1993, from left: Gigi, Anne, Ruth, Ruth Snr, Billy, Franklin and Ned
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