I was just finishing my last post when I received a text message:

“President Hinckley just passed away.”

About an hour and a half ago, 7:00pm MST, President Hinckley died of “causes incident to age” in his home in Salt Lake City. He was ninety-seven.

Gordon Bitner Hinckley (June 23, 1910 – January 27, 2008) was the fifteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from March 12, 1995 until his death. He was the oldest person to preside over the LDS Church in its history. As president of the LDS Church, he was considered by its members to be a prophet, seer, and revelator. His presidency was noted for the building of new temples and the creation of the Perpetual Education Fund. Hinckley holds the record for dedicating the most LDS Church temples and has dedicated more than half of the current LDS Church temples. (source: Wikipedia.com)