ABOUT DAVID WILKERSON
Late evangelist who penned the top-selling book The Cross and the Switchblade in 1962.
He started preaching his first sermons at age 14.
He is credited with founding the rehabilitation program Teen Challenge.
He died while married to Gwen Wilkerson.
His novel The Cross and the Switchblade was adapted into a film starring Pat Boone in 1970.
