[Grig]

"This commentary deserves to be widely read, regardless of OSC's specific personal beliefs."

Just to be clear, this idea that OSC states that how he died isn't important is not one I recall ever hearing or reading in my whole lifetime as a Mormon. It is his own opinion, not Mormon doctrine.

[Texas2step]

this idea that OSC states that how he died isn't important is not one I recall ever hearing or reading in my whole lifetime as a Mormon

Not being Morman myself, I used the word "personal" when I referred to OSC's beliefs, particularly that one statement.