Tim LaHaye, Left Behind creator, dies at 90
Tim LaHaye, a creator of the Left Behind series, who was once named the most influential American evangelical, died July 25 in the San Diego area at age 90 after a recent stroke.
He and his wife of 69 years, Beverly LaHaye, were active in religious broadcasting and publishing, education, and conservative political organizing.
Left Behind, the first in the series, which follows the rapture its authors saw as depicted in 1 Thessalonians 4:16–17, was published in 1995.
