President Hinckley passes away

A great, great leader died earlier this afternoon - our beloved prophet President Gordon B Hinckley. He was 97 years old - the oldest ever prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I guess we have been expecting this for the past couple of years, but of course it is a shock when it happens. The church has gone through incredible growth during his presidency, including membership growth, increased number of temples, and many more great things.

I have seen his death mentioned on CNN this afternoon, and the following are some websites that mention it. It's great to see it's one of the main news stories on world news web sites.

http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=e419fb40e21cef00VgnVCM1000001f5e340aRCRD

http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/beloved-church-president-gordon-b-hinckley-dies-at-97

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695247765,00.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/01/27/obit.hinckley/?iref=hpmostpop

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7212488.stm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080128/ts_nm/mormon_leader_dc

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/27/national/main3757332.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_3757332

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-01-27-obit-hinckley_N.htm?csp=34

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=4198473

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325890,00.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22873523/

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=auNWJiw5gu.M&refer=us

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/us/28hinckley.html?ref=us

http://news.smh.com.au/mormon-church-president-gordon-hinckley-dead-at-97-officials/20080128-1olm.html