Sherwood Eliot Wirt, a former newspaperman who was founding editor of Billy Graham's Decision magazine and the author of 42 books, died in his sleep Nov. 8, Assist News Service reported. He was 97.

Wirt, who ministered and traveled with Graham for nearly 40 years, wrote Billy: A Personal Look at the World's Best-Loved Evangelist—published in 1997 by Crossway Books & Bibles—and Jesus, Man of Joy, released in 1999 by Harvest House Publishers.

Memorial plans for Wirt were still pending.

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