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Obituary: Ezra Taft Benson
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Ezra Taft Benson, agronomist and church leader: born Whitney,
Idaho 4 August 1899; US Secretary of Agriculture 1953-61; President
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1985-94; married
1927 Flora Amussen (died 1992; six children); died Salt Lake City
30 May 1994.
EZRA TAFT BENSON will be remembered as a man who, uniquely,
occupied high office in the US government and the highest office in
the Mormon church. As President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Secretary
for Agriculture he w...
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