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PROVO, Utah (AP) -- Family and friends of L-D-S scholar Hugh Nibley will say their final goodbyes today.
A funeral service will be held this afternoon at one p-m in the Provo Tabernacle.
Former Brigham Young University presidents and several General Authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are expected to attend the services.
A statement from the First Presidency of the L-D-S Church will also be presented.
The funeral will air in the Harris Fine Arts Center at B-Y-U to accommodate university students and faculty.
Nibley was a prominent Mormon historian, apologist and former B-Y-U professor. He died on Thursday of natural causes at the age of 94.
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