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At 8:30 p.m. I received a phone call from my wife. She was attending a youth fireside and learned during the fireside that President Hinckley had passed away.
Here is the official press release from LDS.org:
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 cause’s incident to age. Member 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.
Feel free to take a moment and post any thoughts, reflections or memories of President Gordon B. Hinckley.
Posts from around the Bloggernacle on President Hinckley’s passing (in no particular order):
Times and Seasons
By Common Consent
Mormon Mentality
Messenger and Advocate
Mormanity
Feminist Mormon Housewives
Recommended Reading (from J. Max Wilson’s blog): Deseret News