Quote Originally Posted by LA Ute View Post
You have great connections, Dwight. Nothing publicly announced yet, but the church PR folks must have been prepared for this.
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.