Obituaries
The latest Obituaries coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
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French couturier Hubert de Givenchy dies at 91
French couturier Hubert de Givenchy, a pioneer of ready-to-wear who designed Audrey Hepburn's little black dress in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died at the age of 91.
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‘M.A.S.H.’ actor David Ogden Stiers dies at age 75
David Ogden Stiers, a prolific actor best known for playing a surgeon on the "M.A.S.H." television series, has died. He was 75.
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Roger Bannister, who broke the 4-minute mile, dies at 88
Roger Bannister, who as a lanky medical student at Oxford in 1954 electrified the sports world and lifted postwar England's spirits when he became the first athlete to run a mile in under 4 minutes, has died at 88.
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Mourners to say goodbye to Billy Graham, ‘America’s Pastor’
Mourners are gathering to pay their respects to the Rev. Billy Graham at a funeral that marks the culmination of more than a week of tributes to "America's Pastor."
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Thousands pay their respects to the Rev. Billy Graham
Thousands of people from all walks of life - including a former president - filed slowly past the casket of the Rev. Billy Graham on Monday to pay their final respects to a man who reached millions with his message of salvation through Jesus Christ.
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U.S. may never see another spiritual leader like Billy Graham
In the wake of the Rev. Billy Graham's death, religion scholars say this much is clear: There will never be another American spiritual leader with his reach and influence.
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Procession planned for ‘America’s Pastor,’ Rev. Billy Graham
The Rev. Billy Graham, the magnetic, movie-star-handsome preacher who became a singular force in postwar American religious life, a confidant of presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, has died. He was 99.
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Evangelist Billy Graham left his mark on Chattanooga
Seven decades later, locals remember brushes with influential pastor
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For decades Graham offered counsel and comfort to presidents
He was rebuffed, then embraced, by Harry Truman. Confided in - and deeply hurt by - Richard Nixon. A source of reassurance for George H.W. Bush on the eve of war. The spark that finally turned George W. Bush toward sobriety.
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Billy Graham went from tent revivals to the White House
As a young man, he practiced his sermons by preaching to the alligators and birds in the swamp. At his height years later, he was bringing the word of God into living rooms around the globe via TV and dispensing spiritual counsel - and political advice - to U.S. presidents.
