Wife of evangelist Billy Graham dies
Thu Jun 14, 2007

MIAMI (Reuters) - Ruth Graham, the wife of U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, died on Thursday after slipping into a coma, the popular preacher's office said.

Graham, who was 87, died at 5:05 p.m. EDT (2105 GMT) at her home at Little Piney Cove in Montreat, North Carolina, surrounded by her husband and five children, the office said in a statement.

"Ruth was my life partner, and we were called by God as a team," Graham said in the statement. the rest