Editing Tim LaHaye (section)

===Personal life and death===
Tim LaHaye married activist and fellow author [[Beverly LaHaye|Beverly Ratcliffe]] in 1947<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leftbehind.com/03_authors_testimonials|title=Dr. Tim LaHaye biodata|website=LeftBehind.com|publisher=Tyndale House Publishers|at=Author's photo|access-date=September 5, 2013|date=2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914183551/http://leftbehind.com/03_authors_testimonials/|archive-date=September 14, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=LaHaye|first1=Tim|last2=Jenkins|first2=Jerry B.|author-link2=Jerry B. Jenkins|title=Left Behind|edition=Paperback|series=[[Left Behind (series)|Left Behind]]|orig-year=Hardback 1995|date=February 1999|publisher=Tyndale House|isbn=0-8423-2912-9|at=Photo of authors on rear cover|url=https://archive.org/details/leftbehindnovelo00lah_cju|url-access=registration}}</ref> while attending [[Bob Jones University]].<ref name="NYTMC"/>

In July 2016, the LaHayes celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary.<ref name="WeberCT"/><ref name="HagertyWSJ"/> They had four children and nine grandchildren, and lived in the Los Angeles area.<ref name="NYTMC"/> The LaHayes owned a condo in [[Rancho Mirage, California]].<ref>{{cite magazine<!-- Citation bot bypass--> |author1=Cloud |first=John |author2=Sachs |first2=Andrea |date=July 1, 2002 |title=Meet The Prophet: How an evangelist and conservative activist turned prophecy into a fiction juggernaut |url=https://time.com/vault/issue/2002-07-01/page/52/ |access-date=May 25, 2025 |magazine=Time Magazine |page=50 |volume=160 |issue=1 |quote=Their condo in Rancho Mirage, Calif., is at one of the less impressive country clubs, and LaHaye recently gave a seminar in Wichita, Kans., in a sports-coat/paisley-tie/blue-leather-loafer combo that looked as if it could not have been purchased after 1985.}}</ref>

LaHaye died on July 25, 2016, in a hospital in [[San Diego, California]], after suffering from a stroke, aged 90.<ref name="NYTMC"/><ref name="BanksDispatch">{{cite web|last1=Banks|first1=Adelle|title=Tim LaHaye, Evangelical Leader and 'Left Behind' Co-Author, Dead at 90|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/07/28/tim-lahaye-evangelical-leader-and-left-behind-co-author-dead-at-90.html|date=July 28, 2016|newspaper=[[The Columbus Dispatch]]|access-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801035542/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/07/28/tim-lahaye-evangelical-leader-and-left-behind-co-author-dead-at-90.html|archive-date=August 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to his wife, Beverly, he was survived by four children, nine grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, a brother (Richard LaHaye), and a sister.<ref name="WeberCT">{{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Jeremy|title=Died: Tim LaHaye, Author Who 'Left Behind' a Long Legacy |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2016/july/tim-lahaye-dies-left-behind-coauthor-stroke.html |date=July 25, 2016|work=[[Christianity Today]] |access-date=August 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802223154/http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2016/july/tim-lahaye-dies-left-behind-coauthor-stroke.html|archive-date=August 2, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="HagertyWSJ">{{cite news|last1=Hagerty|first1=James|title=Evangelist Tim LaHaye Penned Best-Selling Apocalyptic Book Series|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/evangelist-tim-lahaye-penned-best-selling-apocalyptic-book-series-1469806933|date=July 29, 2016|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=August 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801093316/http://www.wsj.com/articles/evangelist-tim-lahaye-penned-best-selling-apocalyptic-book-series-1469806933|archive-date=August 1, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> His funeral service took place at [[Shadow Mountain Community Church]] on August 12, 2016, with [[David Jeremiah]], who succeeded LaHaye as pastor at what was then Scott Memorial Baptist Church, led the service.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 28, 2016 |title=NRB Members Remember Dr. Tim LaHaye |url=http://nrb.org/news-room/articles/nrbt/nrb-members-remember-dr-tim-lahaye |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831172504/http://nrb.org/news-room/articles/nrbt/nrb-members-remember-dr-tim-lahaye/ |archive-date=August 31, 2016 |access-date=September 3, 2016 |website=NRB News }}</ref> LaHaye is interred at [[Miramar National Cemetery]] in San Diego, California.