From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Louis Epstein  wrote:   
   >Louis Epstein  wrote:   
      
   >>LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson's 100th birthday was   
   >>celebrated by a special event at the church's "Conference   
   >>Center Theater",a venue that appears to be analogous to   
   >>the Felt Forum/Paramount's function at Madison Square Garden   
   >>or Carnegie Recital Hall...under the same roof as a much   
   >>larger auditorium that can also be a "theater".   
      
   >>Music was provided by a keyboardist,a vocalist,and the   
   >>church's de facto official violinist Jenny Oaks Baker,   
   >>the youngest child of Nelson's top deputy/heir apparent   
   >>Dallin H. Oaks (who turned 92 last month).Besides video   
   >>tributes,onsite speakers included his appointees and   
   >>descendants (his eldest daughter,who is 76,and a young   
   >>woman representing his 167 great-grandchildren).He and   
   >>his late first wife had nine daughters and a son between   
   >>1948 and 1972,when the son was born just after the eldest   
   >>daughter's first child (who is now a grandfather).   
   >>His second wife was by his side (she has the same name   
   >>and was the same age as his late second daughter,whose   
   >>death I noted here some years ago).   
      
   >>He was in shape to stand up and hug or greet the   
   >>speakers as they made their way from lectern to offstage.   
      
   >>The event was streamed live and is available on demand   
   >>on Youtube.   
      
   >He showed up for two of the five sessions of this past   
   >weekend's Semiannual General Conference,remained seated   
   >but was noted as "presiding" by the younger elder "conducting",   
   >gave his typical announcement-of-new-temples and urged all   
   >to prepare for the Second Coming at the closing session.   
      
   I do believe these would be scheduled at one of their conferences.   
      
   >He was wheeled off at the close,as was Jeffrey R. Holland,   
   >Acting President of the Twelve and second in line to   
   >succeed.Heir apparent/top deputy Dallin H. Oaks   
   >(born August 12,1932) appeared healthiest of the   
   >First Presidency.   
      
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