Russell M. Nelson, Oldest-Ever President of the LDS Church, Dies

Russell M. Nelson, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has died at the age of 101. Church officials announced his death late Saturday. Church spokesperson Candice Madsen says Nelson died Saturday night at his home in Salt Lake City. The former heart surgeon, spent four decades in the highest levels of church leadership after he was selected in 1984 to join the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He ascended to the presidency in January 2018 when Thomas S. Monson died and in 2024 became the first president of the faith to hit the century mark. The next president of the church was not immediately named, but is expected to be Dallin H. Oakes, per church protocol.