I went to the newsroom on lds.org tonight and read the tributes from public figures. I was truly astonished at how diverse the public figures were. Here is the list of them so far.
President George W. Bush
Govenor John Huntsman Jr., Utah
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Ind-Connecticut
Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah
Mitt Romney, Former Governor of Massachusetts
Lane Beattie, President and CEO, Salt Lake Chamberof Commerce
Mayor Peter Corroon, Salt Lake County, Utah
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah
Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah
Utah House Speaker Greg Curtis, R-Sandy
Utah Senate President John Valentine, R-Orem
Mayor Ralph Becker, Salt Lake City
Bishop Carolyn Tanner Irish, Episcopal Diocese of Utah
Jeanetta Williams, President, NAACP Salt Lake City Branch; President, NAACP of Utah, Nevada and Idaho
Cecil Samuelson, President, Brigham Young University
Michael K. Young, President, University of Utah
Maj. Gen. Kathleen D. Close, Commander, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base, Utah
Paul Cobb, Publisher, Post News Group; Publisher, El Mundo
Larry King, Larry King Live, CNN
Rabbi Gary Greenebaum, American Jewish Committee
Jon Meacham, Editor, Newsweek; Author, American Gospel
Utah Senate President John Valentine, R-Orem
Elaine C. Emmi, Chair, Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois
Bishop Michael P. Driscoll, Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise, Idaho
The Downtown Alliance of Salt Lake City
Dr. Jeffrey Silliman, President, Salt Lake Theological Seminary
Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple of Utah
Lawrence T. Morgan, Speaker, 21st Navajo Nation Council
Glenn Beck, CNN
John Graz, Director, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, World Headquarters, Seventh-day Adventist Church
Father Michael A. Kouremetis, Protopresbyter, Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Salt Lake
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland
Dean L. Jackson, Rotary District Governor, Utah
John K. McCarty, Mayor, Nauvoo, Illinois
Reverend Brian Hare-Diggs, Pastor, First United Methodist Church
Ambassador Joseph Verner Reed, Under-Secretary General of the United Nations
Governor C. L. “Butch” Otter, Idaho
Oleh Shamshur, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States
Dr. Hussein Hassouna, Ambassador of the League of Arab States to the United States
Zamira Sydykova, Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the United States and Canada
Carlos Westendorp, Ambassador of Spain to the United States
Yuval Rotem, Ambassador, Embassy of Israel in Australia
This shows that he truly was the prophet for the world, not just a church.
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Okay, I'm such a sap. The funeral services were wonderful. I made it most of the way through without crying, and then they had the video montage of Pres. Hinckley during the final song, and I lost it. He was such a wonderful man, and I could literally feel his love for each of us, and for me individually. What a blessing it has been to be part of the generation he called "The greatest."
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