12 Facts About Billy Graham

1. In 1966, Billy Graham faced criticism as he arrived in London for a Crusade.

2. In a 1999 speech, Billy Graham discussed his relationship with the late North Korean leader Kim Il-sung, praising him as a "different kind of communist" and "one of the great fighters for freedom in his country against the Japanese.

3. In 2012, Billy Graham publicly endorsed the Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.

4. President Donald Trump said Billy Graham was "an ambassador for Christ".

5. In August 2005, Billy Graham appeared at the groundbreaking for his library in Charlotte, North Carolina.

6. In 1998, Billy Graham spoke at TED to a crowd of scientists and philosophers.

7. On September 22, 1991, Billy Graham held his largest event in North America on the Great Lawn of New York's Central Park.

8. On October 15, 1989, Billy Graham received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

9. At one revival in Seoul, South Korea, Billy Graham attracted more than one million people to a single service.

10. At the time of his death, Billy Graham had 19 grandchildren, including former pastor Tullian Tchividjian, 41 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren.

11. In 1939, Billy Graham was ordained by a group of Southern Baptist clergymen at Peniel Baptist Church in Palatka, Florida.

12. In his six decades of television, Billy Graham hosted annual "Crusades", evangelistic campaigns, which ran from 1947 until his retirement in 2005.