SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Russell M. Nelson, the 17th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has died, Church officials confirmed late Saturday night. He was 101 years old.

Nelson, the oldest president in the history of the church, passed away peacefully shortly after 10 p.m. MDT today at his home in Salt Lake City according to church officials.

In the official release of this news, President Dallin H. Oaks said ,“All of us who have worked with Russell M. Nelson, and the many he has taught and associated with, have marveled at his extraordinary modesty for a man of his great accomplishments.” Oaks was called to serve in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on the same day as President Nelson in 1984 and who served as President Nelson’s First Counselor in the First Presi

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