US preacher Billy Graham dies at 99

Evangelist Billy Graham delivers his message at the Billy Graham Crusade at Flushing Meadows Park in New York on June 24, 2005. Rev Graham has died at his home in North Carolina at age 99. FILE PHOTO | TIMOTHY A. CLARY | AFP

WASHINGTON

American evangelist Billy Graham, a spiritual advisor to a dozen US presidents, has died at age 99, US media reported, citing family sources.

Tall and handsome, Graham, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, cut a charismatic figure as an evangelical preacher whose huge rallies found audiences on radio and television.

He preached to a long line of US presidents, from Harry Truman to Barack Obama, and was featured in the recent mini series "The Crown" as a spiritual adviser to the young Queen Elizabeth II.