From polygamy and document forgeries to the Equal Rights Amendment and blacks being ordained to the priesthood, there were many times Don LeFevre, a longtime spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, could have lost his cool when dealing with the news media.
“Don always acted the same, whether it was a fun news story or a nasty one, a big story or a little one,” said Don Russell, who worked with LeFevre for more than two decades in the church’s public affairs department. “Don was unflappable.”
A loyal Jordan High School “Beetdigger” and graduate of the University of Utah, LeFevre started his career as a reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune.