Death

January 29, 2024 03:47 PM MST
President Holland’s poignant words at the funeral will comfort any grieving heart.
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November 08, 2023 01:37 PM MST
Sy’s son Zachary was killed in an act of random violence. With the Savior by her side, Sy fought the decades-long battle to forgive his killer and find joy in her life once more.
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November 01, 2023 06:00 AM MDT
When cancer left her a widow at 36 years old, Jen struggled to connect with the Savior. How could He understand her pain?
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October 30, 2023 10:45 AM MDT
Shiegrid Hernandez shares how this vibrant holiday can teach gospel truths in fun, approachable ways.
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August 31, 2023 09:39 AM MDT
Does God orchestrate our hardships in order to strengthen us spiritually? Or do all these bad things happen because we have fragile mortal bodies and mortality is just fraught with accidents?
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June 03, 2023 06:00 AM MDT
As I look back at my life during the past year and a half since my husband died, I can clearly see that I’ve been distracted by a lie, one that has caused me to sometimes lose focus on two truths I know.
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February 17, 2023 09:00 AM MST
Each person’s grief is as unique and personal as their life, but we’ve compiled a few suggestions that we hope can help you as you comfort the ones you love.
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January 09, 2023 10:42 AM MST
As Latter-day Saints, we know that death isn't the end. But do we know what awaits us after this life?
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October 28, 2022 11:46 AM MDT
Artist Jenedy Paige knows a thing or two about strength; she’s competed on American Ninja Warrior four times. But the greatest strength in life comes from a relationship with Christ.
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October 21, 2022 01:00 PM MDT
He grew concerned about his status in the Church, about the patriarch’s lack of inspiration, and about the truth of the Church itself.
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May 06, 2022 02:48 PM MDT
Former Utah Senator and Latter-day Saint Orrin G. Hatch was honored by family, politicians, and Church leaders at a memorial service held at the University of Utah’s Institute of Religion.
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April 21, 2022 10:00 AM MDT
After my grandpa's death, I received a wilted bouquet of daffodils held together by a brown rubber band, but in my eyes, it was a personal delivery from God.
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January 10, 2022 03:00 PM MST
Brandon Flowers added the melody from the hymn “God Be With You Till We Meet Again” at the conclusion of the song “Be Still,” which he performed at Senator Harry Reid’s memorial service.
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The leaders and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Africa South Area join hands with millions around the world in mourning the loss of South African struggle icon and statesman Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
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May 18, 2021 01:09 PM MDT
My grandma, Mom-el, loved funerals so much that we used to give her a hard time about browsing the obituaries for her next social engagement. It was a joke and something I honestly didn’t understand then, but over five years after her own passing, I think I’m starting to realize why my Mom-el loved funerals so much. When someone we love is gone, we can find joy in remembering the best things about them. Certainly, there are cases that require healing, but little annoyances are cast aside after someone has passed and all we seem to remember are the things we loved about them. I have found that I especially love going to a funeral for someone I admired but didn’t know incredibly well. Such was the case two weeks ago as I attended the memorial service for Ann Crane Santini.
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April 29, 2021 05:35 PM MDT
“Through adversity and the darkness that we sometimes experience in life’s journey there is always a light that is available. Our Saviour Jesus Christ is that light.”
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April 21, 2021 07:53 PM MDT
Jennie Taylor has known plenty of heartache in her life. As a 10-year-old, she lost her father to suicide. Years later, when she was married with four children, her teenage brother-in-law also committed suicide. And during her husband Brent’s fourth deployment as a soldier in 2018, she found out he’d been killed in action.
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October 16, 2020 05:41 PM MDT
An ongoing series by The New York Times called “Those We’ve Lost” highlights people who have died due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One of these obituaries celebrates the life of Gary Pettus—former president of the Birmingham Alabama Temple and convert to the Church at age 27.
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September 12, 2020 11:00 AM MDT
Heidi Swinton was a young journalist with big dreams when she felt led to start a family, but five years passed and she and her husband still had no children.
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January 03, 2020 05:00 AM MST
The day after his daughter’s death, Bryan Young was saying a prayer on his parents’ front porch as the sun was rising. And in that moment, he heard her voice—it was as close to audible as ever a spiritual voice had been to him.
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November 24, 2019 10:08 PM MST
The following is an excerpt from Ed J. Pinegar's book, The Little Book of Gratitude.
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October 29, 2019 08:34 AM MDT
This is the second in a series of articles from Sister Wendy Watson Nelson's new book, The Heavens Are Open. Read the first part here.
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By  LDS Living
October 22, 2019 02:34 PM MDT
On October 22, 2019, Church spokesman Daniel Woodruff made the following statement about the passing of a young missionary in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
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September 19, 2019 12:37 PM MDT
A young elder who died Sept. 17 following a car accident days earlier in western Canada is being remembered as a “missionary of faith” who lifted many with his humor and devotion to sharing the gospel.
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September 09, 2019 07:54 PM MDT
Taniela A. Langi passed away in Tonga on 5 September.
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September 04, 2019 12:00 PM MDT
Church spokesman Daniel Woodruff shared with journalists Wednesday this statement about the death of one of the faith’s 399 mission presidents:
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August 21, 2019 01:28 PM MDT
In 2002 while working as a reporter for the Church News, I spoke to a woman from Maryville, Tennessee, named Lola Reid.
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August 08, 2019 04:00 PM MDT
The tragic death of Latter-day Saint YouTube sensation Grant Thompson has been reported by major news outlets including The New York Times, CNN, BuzzFeed News, The Washington Post, and more. With 11 million subscribers and billions of views on his videos, it is no surprise that Grant’s unexpected death has caused a stir. As these reporters review the highlights of his life, however, many are failing to mention what Grant may have considered his greatest accomplishment: his role as a husband and father in the gospel.
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August 05, 2019 10:38 PM MDT
In the face of tragedy, President Hinckley “took the grieving family members in his warm embrace and wept with them.” Learn how his loving response led to the conversion of one woman and impacted a community by clicking the link below.
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August 03, 2019 09:00 AM MDT
I thought the difference between living and dying would be more like a light switch: you’re there or you’re not. But my grandma has been like a dimmer
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By  LDS Living
August 01, 2019 06:53 PM MDT
What is immortality? What happens to our bodies and spirits after we die? What is the purpose of our life and death? Learn answers to these and more questions in this recent Church video.
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Like birth, death is a necessary and essential part of the plan of salvation (see Moses 6:59–62)—which Jacob and Alma both called the “great plan of happiness” (2 Nephi 9:6; Alma 42:8). Facing death can be one of the most fearful experiences of mortality. For the righteous, though, death can be sweet and need not be feared (see Alma 27:28). Indeed, the Lord revealed to Joseph Smith that “those that die in me shall not taste of death, for it shall be sweet unto them” (Doctrine and Covenants 42:46). On the other hand, for people who die not in Christ, death can be a bitter experience (see Doctrine and Covenants 42:47), and the thought of an approaching death can create foreboding, trepidation, and fear. Dreams regarding death can serve as a powerful reminder that this life is the time for us to prepare to meet God (see Alma 12:24; 34:32). . . .
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By  LDS Living
July 19, 2019 01:10 PM MDT
The Lubian family faced an impossible decision. The doctor's wanted to know if the Lubians wanted to pursue a third liver transplant for their only son, who had spent years in and out of hospitals with little success, or if they wanted to let things run their course. "They asked us to make the hardest decision a parent can face," Sister Lubian says in a Church video. The Lubians knew they could not make this decision alone, so they hurried to the temple where they sought an answer from their Heavenly Father:
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By  LDS Living
June 26, 2019 01:40 PM MDT
When Leslie entered the temple, she expected an answer.
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June 21, 2019 10:00 PM MDT
Sometimes the Lord directs us to places where we never thought we would go. Discover how two women's trust in the Lord strengthened them to accomplish God's surprising will.
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May 24, 2019 04:16 PM MDT
“They killed him on a ruck march?” I heard myself say, almost as if I weren’t the one speaking.
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May 16, 2019 09:07 AM MDT
“I feel like I am constantly living in an alternate universe.”
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April 25, 2019 02:19 PM MDT
Celebrated opera soprano Charity Tillemann-Dick not only stunned audiences with her awe-inspiring voice, she also motivated thousands to live truer, fuller, more intentional lives. On April 24, Tillemann-Dick passed away at 35 years old. On her Facebook page, her loved ones posted:
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By  LDS Living
March 28, 2019 06:18 PM MDT
"I invite you to watch this video of the experience I once shared about how the Christlike love of a friend helped one man overcome overwhelming grief in the wake of the death of his son," Elder Holland shared on Facebook.
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March 04, 2019 11:46 AM MST
Elder Ulisses Soares knows the timing of his recent travels was no coincidence.
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March 01, 2019 06:49 PM MST
Less than three weeks after a missionary unexpectedly passed away after collapsing during a soccer game with peers, Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met with the missionary’s parents in their Sao Paulo, Brazil, ward meetinghouse and in their home to console them in their grief.
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February 26, 2019 02:02 PM MST
The following was originally published in LDS Living magazine in February 2015. This month marks the five-year anniversary of when Jensen Parrish lost her mother, father, and two brothers while serving her mission. We are republishing this article to commemorate their lives and to reflect on the powerful lesson's Jensen shared following her sudden loss.
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February 26, 2019 01:58 PM MST
Don LeFevre, a frequently quoted former spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died of natural causes Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, surrounded by his children. He was 85 years old.
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By  LDS Living
February 08, 2019 05:57 PM MST
In less than one week, over a million people had heard Dakota Nelson's touching story. After Nelson's wife, Ream, suddenly collapsed in July and later passed away, Nelson's community rallied around him, giving a Secret Santa surprise that amounted to $10,000. Nelson's touching reaction to the gift went viral, helping spread the message of kindess and giving during the holiday season.
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By  LDS Living
January 29, 2019 03:03 PM MST
On January 29, 2019, Church spokesperson Daniel Woodruff gave the following statement:
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January 28, 2019 09:26 PM MST
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has changed its guidelines regarding burying deceased endowed women, allowing the option of veiling their faces prior to burial.
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January 28, 2019 11:46 AM MST
Elder William R. Bradford, emeritus General Authority Seventy, former president of the Houston Texas Temple and the Chile Santiago and Chile Santiago South missions, died on Jan. 24, 2019, in Bountiful, Utah. He was 85.
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By  LDS Living
January 22, 2019 04:11 PM MST
"We know we will see him again someday and that families are forever," the Stokoe family said in a statement after David Stokoe's body was found hidden in an apartment he owned.
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By  LDS Living
January 19, 2019 04:54 PM MST
On September 23, 2015, Bre Lasley was in her bedroom when a complete stranger climbed through her window and attempted to murder her. For six minutes, Lasley and her younger sister, Kayli, fought their attacker before a police officer arrived and shot her attacker, killing him.
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By  LDS Living
January 10, 2019 12:54 PM MST
In October 2018, the four original Osmond brothers—Alan, Jay, Merrill, and Wayne—came together with Marie at an interfaith devotional in Hawaii. This event came in the midst of a series of health crises the Osmond family has experienced this past year, which Marie spoke to People about.
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