Mormon leader L. Tom Perry died Saturday at his home in Utah, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said. Perry died of thyroid cancer at the age of 92. Perry was the second most senior and oldest living apostle among a group of 15 who held the highest priesthood offices in the church. Perry served two years with the Marines following World War II, and started serving in the church in 1942. He attended undergraduate school and graduate school at Utah State University, and went on to become the president and treasurer of various retail companies, according to the church. He began serving as an assistant to the apostles in 1972, and began service as an apostle in 1974, according to his biography on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints website.
