Holy C.O.D.!

[Thursday Quiz] Each answer is the name of a religious leader. You are given a brief description and the cause of his or her death.

1. Founded Christianity; crucifixion. [Answer]
2. First Latter-day Saint prophet; gunshot wounds. [Answer]
3. Sci-fi author; stroke. [Answer]
4. Translated the Bible into German; heart attack. [Answer]
5. Thelemic author of The Book of the Law; respiratory infection [Answer]
6. Barely became the first Christian Roman emperor; prolonged illness. [Answer]
7. Christian Science founder; pneumonia. [Answer]
8. Bisexual founder of Wicca; lung cancer. [Answer]
9. Indian prince who achieved Nirvana; mushroom poisoning [Answer]
10. Islamic prophet; head pains [Answer]
11. Jewish prophet; died in Jordan on Mt. Nebo [Answer]
12. First Mormon Utah governor; cholera [Answer]

(Brandon Burt)