{"id":2384,"date":"2010-07-30T13:47:06","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T20:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2384"},"modified":"2010-07-30T13:47:06","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T20:47:06","slug":"george-p-lee-dies-deseret-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/07\/30\/george-p-lee-dies-deseret-news\/","title":{"rendered":"George P. Lee dies | Deseret News"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>George P. Lee, the first American Indian to serve as a general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Wednesday at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo. He was 67 years old.<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; line-height: 17px; color: #333333;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"TEXT_w_Indent\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\">George P. Lee once enjoyed such widespread respect as the first and only American Indian LDS general authority that many Mormons believed he someday might become an apostle or even higher.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/700052104\/George-P-Lee-dies.html\">George P. Lee dies<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/sltrib\/news\/50019546-78\/lee-george-lds-church.html.csp\">Ousted LDS leader dies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George P. Lee, the first American Indian to serve as a general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2010\/07\/30\/george-p-lee-dies-deseret-news\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">George P. 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