Gordon Hinckley, head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has passed on to whatever state the afterlife holds for Mormons as of 7pm yesterday. He was 97. He was considered the architect of the LDS massive public relations turnaround of the late 1980's, where he used commercials of middle school band members with braces to help people realize that Mormons have dental problems and musical urges just like everyone else.
Archbishop Christodoulos, head of the Greek Orthodox Church, has died from complications due to liver cancer at the age of 69. He oversaw 15 million Greek Orthodox, 10 million of whom lived in Greece. He and John Paul II helped put Greek Orthodox/Roman Catholic relations on one of the better sets of feet that it's enjoyed since 1054. He wore awesome necklaces.
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