Utah and national leaders, including members of the state’s predominant faith, are waking up Sunday morning to news of the death of Russell M. Nelson , the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Nelson was 101 and died around 10 p.m. Saturday night.

Here’s what national and state leaders are saying about Nelson:

“President Russell M. Nelson was a bold, visionary leader prepared by God to testify of Jesus Christ in the very times in which we now live. … For as long as I’ve known him, he has exuded — and for me, he’s come to personify — the kind of faith, humility and quiet confidence that tends to be the constant companion of a devoted servant and follower of Jesus Christ. To the day he died, he remained a healer — of hearts and of souls.” [Lee also related an an

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