MONRTREAT, N.C. -- Rev. Bill Graham passed away at his home in Montreat, North Carolina on Wednesday morning. He was 99 years old.

According to Mark DeMoss of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Graham passed at 7:46 a.m. 

According to the family, on Friday Mar. 2, Graham will be laid to rest during a funeral service that he, himself, developed 10 years ago with his family and staff. 

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