{"id":24582,"date":"2022-04-25T09:11:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T14:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=24582"},"modified":"2022-04-25T09:11:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T14:11:41","slug":"obit-watch-april-25-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=24582","title":{"rendered":"Obit watch: April 25, 2022."},"content":{"rendered":"

For the historical record: Orrin Hatch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jim Hartz<\/a>, NBC news guy and former “Today” host.<\/p>\n

Sarah Shulze<\/a>. She was 21 years old and ran track for the University of Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

She earned academic all-Big Ten honors in 2020 and 2021 for cross country and in 2021 while running at Wisconsin.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to her family, her death was a suicide.<\/p>\n

The number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-TALK (8255). If you live outside of the United States or are looking for other help, TVTropes has a good page of additional resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Laura Hales<\/a>. I am not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, nor had I heard of Ms. Hales previously. However, I have a lot of respect for people who explore the difficult parts of their religion.<\/p>\n

Ms. Hales was a writer and podcaster.<\/p>\n

The Haleses maintained a website, Joseph Smith\u2019s Polygamy, devoted to examining that contentious aspect of the history of the church and its 19th-century founder. In 2015 they co-wrote a book on the subject, \u201cJoseph Smith\u2019s Polygamy: Toward a Better Understanding.\u201d In 2016 Ms. Hales compiled and edited \u201cA Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS History and Doctrine,\u201d a book of essays by church scholars whose chapters include \u201cRace, the Priesthood and Temples,\u201d \u201cJoseph Smith\u2019s Practice of Plural Marriage\u201d and \u201cHomosexuality and the Gospel.\u201d<\/a>
\nBut Ms. Hales found an even bigger audience when, in 2017, she created the podcast \u201cLatter-day Saint Perspectives,\u201d which she recorded, edited and hosted. In 130 episodes, before she closed it out last year, the podcast brought on experts to talk about aspects of church history and doctrine.<\/a>
\nSome of the episodes were light, like one on Joseph Smith\u2019s dog. But most took a serious look at topics that might be confusing or troubling to church members. \u201cHomosexuality and the Gospel,\u201d \u201cThe L.D.S. Church and the Sugar Industry\u201d and \u201cA Global History of Blacks and Mormonism\u201d were among the episode titles.<\/a>
\nThe church has long been criticized by outsiders and former members for aspects of its history, doctrine and culture. But Ms. Hales, a lifelong church member, approached the subjects from \u201ca faithful but not necessarily devotional perspective,\u201d as she put it in the podcast\u2019s final episode, last May.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…<\/p>\n

Ms. Hales took up many topics in her writing and on her podcast, but she dealt with polygamy so often that in 2015 she wrote an essay for The Millennial Star, a blog maintained by church members, entitled \u201cWhy I Write About Polygamy.\u201d In the essay, she mentioned that she and her husband had given a number of presentations on the subject.<\/a>
\n\u201cThe most unanticipated question I have fielded in these forums is why I feel a need to defend polygamy,\u201d she wrote. \u201cPerhaps it is because I don\u2019t see my work as a defense of polygamy so much as an effort to help more people better understand the history of polygamy.\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She was only 54. Pancreatic cancer got her.<\/p>\n

The Lustgarten Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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