at about 7pm mountain time in his home on Sunday, January 27, 2008. His family was there with him in his final moments. The cause is listed as due to age. He was 97 years old.
The 15th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he was most commonly associated with the tremendous surge in the building of temples, during his leadership.
Over the coming days, more info will be released and updated, and I will continue to update here.
At some point in the next couple of weeks I will leave my hiatus and return to regular blogging. In the meanwhile, the updates about President Hinckley will probably be all I will be posting.
Brief Bio of President Hinckley on the LDS.ORG website Here
Various references to Pres Hinckley on LDS.ORG may be found HERE.
UPDATES:
January 27, 2008
A beautiful pictorial of President Hinckley
BYU Broadcasting Bio/Tribute with links to talks by President Hinckley (Talks in audio and video format)
January 28, 2008
The only mention I found on a 'front page' online thus far today of his passing - this short article explains the process of how he will be replaced, plus includes a short video regarding President Hinckley's death, which auto-starts.
Cane-Wave Tribute to President Hinckley - Join in!
Teens pay tribute to President Hinckley
