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Elder L. Tom Perry stands with his wife, Barbara, July 31, 2012, in Salt Lake City. Tom Smart, Deseret News
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The First Presidency visits the home of Elder L. Tom Perry and Sister Barbara Perry on May 1, 2015. LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson, center, and his counselors in the First Presidency, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, left, and President Henry B. Eyrin LDS Church
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Elder L. Tom Perry, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, applauds after Gov. Gary Herbert signed SB296 at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 12, 2015. Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry talks with Bailey Beckstead from Preston, Idaho, after Elder Perry's speech at the Marriott Center during Education Week on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2002. Stuart Johnson, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry is surrounded by people who want to talk to him as he leaves the Days of ’47 Parade in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry and his wife, Barbara, are seen at the close of the afternoon session of the 183rd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, in Salt Lake City. Tom Smart, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry watches the BYU Cougars play basketball in Provo on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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President Barack Obama meets with leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Sheraton Hotel during his visit to Utah on Thursday, April 2, 2015. Left to right are Elder L. Tom Perry, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, President Henry B. Pool photo
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Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks during the afternoon session of the 184th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Troy Williams, executive director of Equality Utah, shake hands after a historic piece of legislation was announced that will protect Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, second from right, joins equal rights activists, clergy and others in a round of applause after Gov. Gary Herbert signed SB296 at the Cap Laura Seitz, Deseret News
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Elders Neil L. Andersen, D. Todd Christofferson, Quentin L. Cook and L. Tom Perry, left to right, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, visit before the final session of the 185th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain Tom Smart, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry, center, and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland talk at the end of the final session of the 185th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Sunday, April 5, 2015, in Salt Lake City. Tom Smart, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry steps to the side to allow his wife, Barbara, room to put mortar around the cornerstone of the Brigham City Utah Temple. About 200 took part in the cornerstone ceremony before the temple's dedication Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry does motions to the Primary song "Popcorn Popping" as he, Elder Russell M. Nelson and Wendy Watson Nelson leave the Conference Center after the Saturday morning session of the 179th Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus C Keith Johnson, Deseret News archives
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Elder L. Tom Perry is shown with his wife, Virginia, and two of their children in 1972. Deseret News archive
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Sister Barbara Perry talks about her husband, Elder L. Tom Perry, July 31, 2012, in Salt Lake City. Tom Smart, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles visits Bluff Fort in San Juan County, Utah, on Oct. 24, 2009, to dedicate a monument of President John Taylor, third president of the LDS Church, who called settlers from the Cedar City, Utah, area t Shaun D. Stahle, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and his wife, Barbara, visit Guam in December 2010, where he organized Guam's first stake. Courtesy of Michael Dowdle
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Elder L. Tom Perry, left, and Elder Howard W. Hunter visit on the Mesa Arizona Temple grounds before the temple's rededication in April 1975. Deseret News archive
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Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles speaks in general conference on Sunday morning, Oct. 4, 2009. IRI
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Elder L. Tom Perry and Elder Jean A. Tefan, an Area Seventy, meet with reporters outside the Papeete Tahiti Temple following its rededication Nov. 12, 2006. Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News
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L. Tom Perry in January 1949. Deseret News archive
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Elder L. Tom Perry, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, shakes hands before the BYU vs. University of Central Florida football game in Provo on Sept. 24, 2011. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, right, shakes hands before rededication of the Idaho Falls Temple Visitors Center in March 2008. Michael Lewis
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Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve receives gifts from Tahitian Latter-day Saints during a cultural event to celebrate rededication of the Papeete Tahiti Temple. Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry and his wife, Barbara, leave the Papeete Tahiti Temple grounds after rededicating the temple Sunday, Nov. 12, 2006. Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News
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Elder L. Tom Perry welcomes young people as they enter the Tabernacle in April 1976. Deseret News archive
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Elder L. Tom Perry speaks in general conference in October 1976. Deseret News archive
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Elder L. Tom Perry in 1979. Deseret News archive
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L. Tom Perry as president of the Boston Stake in 1972. Deseret News archive
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Elder L. Tom Perry and his wife, Barbara, are greeted by leaders of the Gridley California Stake and their wives in March 1987. Deseret News archive
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Elder L. Tom Perry and President Thomas S. Monson are shown in this April 1974 from the Deseret News Archives Ronald L. Fox
By Deseret News, Funeral services for Elder L. Tom Perry were held Friday at 11 a.m. in the Salt Lake Tabernacle.

Funeral services for Elder L. Tom Perry, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were held Friday, June 5, at 11 a.m. MDT in the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square. A recording of the services is provided on this page. (To view on a mobile device, click here.)

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Elder Perry died May 30, 2015, from the effects of cancer. Elder Perry, who was 92, was known for his optimism, his resounding testimony and his passion for sports.

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