President Hinckley Passes Away

Beloved Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through 12 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 March 12, 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.

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This breaks my heart and makes me happy at the same time - I really feel like President Hinckley was my President - he was the leader of the LDS church for longer than any other President during my lifetime, and the entire time Matt has been a member of the church. I am so sad to see him pass and I will miss his wonderful sense of humor and very realistic perspective on life, but I am so happy that he will be reunited with his wife - they were always such a wonderful example to me of a loving and fulfulling marriage.