SAN FRANCISCO — The Rev. Cecil Williams , who with his late wife turned Glide Church in San Francisco into a world-renowned haven for people suffering from poverty and homelessness and living on the margins, has died. He was 94., appeared in Will Smith’s film “The Price of Happiness,” which was based on the life of a homeless father and son who once found help at Glide Memorial Church. Williams died Monday at his home in San Francisco surrounded by friends and family, Glide said in a statement.
“I would have to be with people I understand, and it’s the poor,” Williams told the San Francisco Chronicle in a 2013 interview. “I’m with them wherever they are.” They also put the church’s sermons into action and through the Glide Foundation started several community outreach programs that have served thousands of San Franciscans for over six decades.
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