Tuesday, February 3, 2009
News Millard Fuller, Habit for Humanity founder, dies
Posted by Scott Henry @ScottTheHenry on Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Habitat for Humanity founder Millard Fuller died early this morning. He was 74.
From the Associated Press:
Linda Fuller, in a telephone interview from the couple's home in Americus, said her husband was complaining of chest pains, headache and difficulty swallowing.The couple was to have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in August with a 100-house "blitz build" across the globe, she said.
"We'll probably go ahead with the 'blitz build.' Millard would not want people to mourn his death," she said. "He would be more interested in having people put on a tool belt and build a house for people in need."
Habitat grew from those humble beginnings to a worldwide network that has built more than 300,000 houses, providing shelter to more than 1.5 million people. Preaching the "theology of the hammer," Fuller built an army of volunteers that included former U.S. presidents, other world leaders and Hollywood celebrities.
(Photo courtesy of the Fuller Center for Housing)
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