President Gordon B. Hinckley

Sunday Jan. 27 was a sad day in my life, President Gordon B. Hinckley died due to old age. I was at my friends house gathered with people from my ward playing games when my mom called me saying their was a rumor going on that President Hinckley had passed away. We turned on the T.V. and it was comfirmed that he had died about an hour before. I am happy for President Hinckley, he is now in a better place and is now with the love of his life again. President Hinckley is not the only President of the church I have had, but it is the only one that I have known. President Hinckley will hold a special place in my heart and I will forever love him. It was nice today, everyone way reflecting on his life and what his has done for the church and the impact he had on the entire world. I am going to try to go to the viewing on Friday, it will be open to the public to pay their last respects on Thursday and Friday this week. It will be nice to be able to say thank you and goodbye to a great man.

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 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.