Evangelist Billy Graham leaves hospital

Evangelist Billy Graham was released from the hospital Tuesday after a two-day stay and returned to his North Carolina home, Mission Hospital said.

Pulmonologist Daniel Fertel said doctors caught his bronchitis early, a vital factor in his quick recovery.

"Despite this illness he remains remarkably healthy for a 93-year-old man," the doctor said in a news release issued by the hospital.

Graham was admitted to the hospital in the western North Carolina city of Asheville early Sunday morning.