From: le@lekno.ws   
      
   Russell Marion Nelson (Sr.),17th president of The Church   
   of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,born September 9th   
   1924,died September 27th 2025 according to church sources.   
   First in his medical school class in 1947,he was a heart   
   surgeon by profession until he became an Apostle of the   
   church in 1984 and proceeded to outlive anyone who had   
   done so before him,becoming President of the Quorum of   
   the Twelve Apostles (heir apparent) in 2015 and President   
   of the Church in 2018.(He was the second,and his assured   
   successor Dallin H. Oaks is the third,leader to accede   
   to the top job at age 93,and was the first to serve past   
   age 100).   
      
   At the time of his 100th birthday,it was reported that   
   the 57 children of his 10 children (9 daughters,2 now   
   deceased,and a son) had produced 167 children of their   
   own,the first of whom fathered Nelson's first great-   
   great-grandson in 2020.   
      
   -=-=-   
   The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,   
   at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)