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Article: The 'Last Leaf' Falls With Grace.(Periscope; Transition)(Gordon B. Hinckley)(Obituary)(Brief article)
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- February 11, 2008
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Byline: Elise Soukup
Gordon B. Hinckley, 97, Mormon Leader
FOR 12 years, Hinckley served as the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was revered by its members as a prophet of God. Though he hated to travel, he visited people and leaders in more than 60 countries, helping church membership swell from roughly 9 million members in 1995 to 13 million today. He dedicated 95 of the church's 124 temples (reserved for the highest ordinances of the faith), received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004 (the United States' highest civilian award) and wrote a best-selling book for a general audience, "Standing for ...