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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Ruth_and_Billy_Graham_Congressional_Gold_Medal.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="170" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ruth and Billy Graham aboard the <i>Queen Mary</i> in 1966</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Ruth McCue Bell</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1920-06-10</span>)</span>June 10, 1920<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Huai%27an&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Huai'an (not yet started)">Qingjiang, Kiangsu, China</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 14, 2007<span style="display:none">(2007-06-14)</span> (aged 87)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Montreat,_North_Carolina" title="Montreat, North Carolina">Montreat, North Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">USA</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Philanthropist, Poet, Author, Painter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Graham" title="Billy Graham">Billy Graham</a> (m. 1943–2007)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Graham" title="Franklin Graham">Franklin</a>, Nelson, Virginia, <a href="/wiki/Anne_Graham_Lotz" title="Anne Graham Lotz">Anne</a> and Ruth</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ruth Bell Graham</b> (June 10, 1920 – June 14, 2007) was the wife of <a href="/wiki/Evangelist" class="mw-redirect" title="Evangelist">evangelist</a> <a href="/wiki/Billy_Graham" title="Billy 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