Von G. Keetch, a Mormon general authority who for a period of time worked as the global faith’s main outside lawyer, died Friday night after a brief and sudden illness.
“His loss is deeply felt,” church spokesman Eric Hawkins said in a news release late Friday, “and we extend our love and prayers to his wife, Bernice, his children and loved ones, and pray for the Lord’s blessings of peace to be with them at this tender time.”
Keetch, who oversaw the Public Affairs Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, became a general authority Seventy in April 2015.