Just heard from a close friend with medical connections that Thomas Monson has passed away this afternoon.
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Just heard from a close friend with medical connections that Thomas Monson has passed away this afternoon.
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You have great connections, Dwight. Nothing publicly announced yet, but the church PR folks must have been prepared for this.
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Ben Winslow apparently heard the same things, posted this in the last 10 minutes.
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KSL and the DNews also stating the reports of his death are incorrect.
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Yeah. I haven't seen a confirmation yet. My source is a surgeon, so I'm giving him some time before I give up him. But once I do, he's getting roasted.
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Quote:
SALT LAKE CITY — LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson continued to rest and recover in the hospital late Wednesday afternoon, despite unfounded rumors that he had died.
Eric Hawkins, a spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said the church was aware of the rumors, but Hawkins confirmed at 3:20 p.m. that President Monson was alive.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8...afternoon.html
What you may do to your friend pales in comparison to what we will do to you. Be afraid.
When rumors like this fly, it usually means they are premature.
With apologies to Dwight, I revised the thread title so it's a bit more generic.
Beware the HIPAA violation
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A newscaster who lived in my aunt's ward told me that he originally wrote Pres. Hinckley's obituary 4-5 years before he died, and tweaked it over time.
When the day finally came he was able to go on camera and report the news with a polished story that he could not have written in the few short minutes between the time the news broke and he had to announce it.
PR and news people are we prepared for the eventuality, despite DS pushing for an earlier announcement.
And he's been released from the hospital....remind me to not let DS's friend do surgery on me ;)
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My roommate during school was a local TV news reporters in SLC. One day he came home and I asked him how his day had gone. He said it had been a slow news day so he worked on "the Kimball obit." This was a few years before President Kimball was ill. My roomie told me that he updated the video obituary regularly to keep it current and ready to go.
And there have been a handful of occasions when those pre-made obits have been accidentally published. Always funny...and awkward for the person who isn't dead.
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President Monson basically homebound....
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=44358841&nid...gular-meetings
President Monson passed away earlier today.
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President Monson was an amazing man. I’ll miss him.
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I read the last two talks he gave in General Conference this morning. Both were very short. One was a simple reminder to be more kind. The other encouraged members to read The Book of Mormon more. Both were great.
Respect.
Sad but not unexpected news. 90 is a pretty darn good run, especially when you spend your life serving others the way he did.
I guess Russell M Nelson is the next man up. He's 93 and looking pretty frail. Three years ago I was a Mountain Host at Park City and was asked to take a photo of him with other family members skiing. He did okay. I hope I am skiing at 90.
the final "closed quote"
what a great example of serve
I don't read Meridian Magazine much but I saw this article from this morning and was very impressed. The author shares some personal experiences he had with President Monson and the piece is very much worth reading:
https://ldsmag.com/life-lessons-from...-fnEE.facebook
Such an admirable man.
Recently I had an opportunity to interact with President Nelson. He may be getting frail physically but mentally he is as sharp as ever. In the course of the situation I asked him if he had any special requests or something he would like me to do and he joked, "I'll tell you what, I'll trust you to do your job if you trust me to do mine." It immediately put everyone at ease.
The old guard that have been fixtures in the church my entire life are moving on... I think the church will be quite a bit different in some ways a decade from now.