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The quote says that grief is natural no matter how old we are when someone dies. It presents mourning as a sign of deep love for the person who was lost.
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Originally said in English.
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About Russell M. Nelson
American religious leader and surgeon
Russell Marion Nelson Sr. was an American religious leader and surgeon. He served as the seventeenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2018 until his death in 2025. Before that, Nelson spent nearly thirty-four years in the church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, leading that quorum from 2015 to 2018. As church president, he was regarded by the church as the prophet, seer, and revelator.
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