Former President Bill Clinton says he came to pay his respects to the late Rev. Billy Graham more like a regular mourner than a man who once led the free world.
Clinton was escorted Tuesday by Graham's son Franklin to view the casket in the parlor of Graham's boyhood home. The two spoke for about 15 minutes before appearing to share a prayer over the closed casket.
Clinton says Graham changed his life when he saw his crusade in Arkansas at a football stadium when he was 11. He says Graham was the same man on that football field as he was during one-on-one visits in the White House. Bill Clinton says he is grateful for the glorious life lived by Rev. Graham
Clinton is the second former president to visit Charlotte to pay his respects. George W. Bush visited Graham's library on Monday, along with more than 6,000 other mourners.
Graham died last week at his home in the North Carolina mountains. He was 99.
Graham's body will lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and Thursday. His funeral will be Friday back in Charlotte and President Donald Trump is expected to attend.
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