Elder Mark Bassett Dies at 59 After Brain Injury as LDS Missionary Push Faces Sudden Loss
SALT LAKE CITY, May 11, 2026, 16:06 MDT The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Monday that Elder W. Mark Bassett, General Authority Seventy, died May 11 following a traumatic brain injury. He was 59. (newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org) Bassett’s death leaves a key gap in the church’s missionary ranks just as leaders report a surge in missionary applications and the
