Arthur Blessitt, whose fervent efforts to convert the hippies, freaks and addicts along Hollywood's Sunset Strip were just a prelude to his decision to carry a 110-pound wooden cross from Los Angeles ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blessitt with his cross in St Peter’s Square, Rome, December 1979 - Edoardo Fornaciari/Getty Images Arthur Blessitt, who has died ...
Arthur Blessitt, a onetime street preacher in Los Angeles who set off on a cross-country trek on Christmas Day in 1969 hauling a 12-foot cross to begin what became a more than 43,000-mile pilgrimage ...