Thomas S. Monson
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1927-2018) · United States · Religious Figures · Died at 90
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Something wrong?Thomas Spencer Monson was an American religious leader, author, and the 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As president, he was considered by adherents of the religion to be a prophet, seer, and revelator.
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Monson, accompanied by Henry B. Eyring, shakes hands with U.S. President George W. Bush on May 29, 2008, in the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Monson, accompanied by apostle Dallin H. Oaks and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, delivers family history records to U.S. President Barack Obama.
Monson laying the cornerstone during the dedication of the Curitiba Brazil Temple on June 1, 2008
Monson's grave at Salt Lake City CemeteryIn their orbit
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Thomas Spencer Monson was an American religious leader, author, and the 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As president, he was considered by adherents of the religion to be a prophet, seer, and revelator. Monson's early career was as a manager at the Deseret News, a Utah newspaper owned by the LDS Church. He spent most of his life engaged in various church leadership positions and public service.
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