Mormon Church President Gordon B. Hinckley dies in Utah
President of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints Gordon B. Hinckley (L), pictured with U.S. President George W. Bush (R) at a meeting in a August 31, 2006 file photo, died in Salt Lake City, Utah at the age of 97. Hinckley, the longest-serving president of the Mormon church, took over as prophet for the church on March 12, 1995. (UPI Photo/Eric Draper/White House Press Office/FILES)
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