NATION : Ezra Taft Benson ‘Critical’
Mormon Church President Ezra Taft Benson was reported in critical condition today after undergoing surgery for the second time in five days to remove excess blood from the brain.
The 91-year-old church leader was recovering at LDS Hospital after the Sunday afternoon surgery.
On Wednesday, a neurosurgeon removed two blood clots from Benson’s brain. Church spokesman Don LeFevre said doctors drained more blood Sunday.
Benson, who was agriculture secretary under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, assumed the presidency of the 7.5-million-strong Mormon Church in 1985.
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