Mormon Leader Benson Has ‘Flu-Like’ Ailment
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY —
Mormon Church President Ezra Taft Benson was hospitalized for observation after suffering “flu-like distress,” a church spokesman said Wednesday.
Benson, 86, was admitted Tuesday to LDS Hospital, church spokesman Jerry Cahill said. A nursing supervisor said Benson was in satisfactory condition.
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