The head of the Mormon Church, Russell Nelson, died in the United States at the age of 102.

Russell Nelson, the oldest president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), has died in the United States at the age of 102. This was announced on September 27 on the official website of the religious organization.

"We regret to inform you that <...> Nelson <..> died peacefully <...> at his home in Salt Lake City. He was 101 years old — he became the oldest president in the history of the Church," the publication says.

Nelson was known not only as a spiritual leader, but also as an outstanding surgeon. In 1955, he performed the first successful open-heart surgery in Utah using a cardiopulmonary bypass, which he had been involved in developing several years earlier, she added.Газета.Ru ".

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