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Monday, January 28, 2008

President Gordon B. Hinckley Dies


SALT LAKE CITY 27 January 2008 President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through twelve years of global expansion, has died at the age of 97.


President Hinckley was the 15th president in the 177-year history of the Church and had served as its president since 12 March 1995.


The Church president died at his apartment in downtown Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m. Sunday night from causes incident to age. Members of his family were at his bedside. A successor is not expected to be formally chosen by the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles until after President Hinckley’s funeral within the next few days.

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

According to our paper it is expected to be Thomas S. Monson (80 years old)to succeed Hinckley the paper said. I will keep the papers the next few days and send them to you if you want. Let me know. Hug the boys Love Always Mom