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The Fight Over Billy Graham’s Legacy

May 15, 2011 By Lisa Miller

With the great evangelist in his twilight, his children jostle over his image and the family name. Billy Graham was upstairs, napping. In the kitchen of the mountaintop home where he and his wife, Ruth, raised their five children, the table was set for lunch. Except for a flickering candle on that table and the […]

Filed Under: Newsweek Tagged With: Anne Graham, Baptists, Billy Graham, Bunny Graham, Evangelism, Franklin Graham, Gigi Graham, Lisa Miller, Ned Graham

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Lisa Miller is a staff writer at New York magazine. She is the former religion columnist for the Washington Post, former senior editor of Newsweek magazine, and author of "Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife."

In 2014, Lisa Miller was nominated for the National Magazine Award and featured in Best Magazine Writing of 2014.

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