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06-11-2011, 06:25 PM
East Bay Doomsayer Harold Camping suffers stroke (http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_18255206?nclick_check=1)
By Josh Richman
Oakland Tribune
© Copyright 2011, Bay Area News Group
Posted: 06/11/2011 02:47:02 PM PDT
ALAMEDA -- Harold Camping, the Doomsayer who predicted the end of the world last month sparking international media attention, suffered a stroke at his Alameda home Thursday night after the 89-year-old's nightly radio show, a neighbor said today.
The radio evangelist and president of the Oakland nonprofit Family Radio appeared in good spirits as the ambulance picked him up from his house Thursday night, the neighbor said, but his well-known, gravelly voice that led many believers to donate millions of dollars to his cause may never be the same.
"He had a stroke, it was on his right side," said the neighbor, who declined to give her name. The neighbor said she was with Camping's wife Shirley when the ambulance arrived. "His speech appears to be a little bit slurred but otherwise he's OK. ... (Shirley) said he was doing good ... and the only thing that's affected is his speech."
Camping predicted the world would end May 21 and spent millions of dollars on thousands of billboards all around the world espousing the apocalypse. When the world did not end that day, Camping said it would happen Oct. 21 instead. He had also erroneously predicted the end of the world once before.
There was no answer at the door of the Camping home Saturday afternoon and all of the curtains and blinds were drawn. A GMC pickup with a Family Radio bumper sticker and a white Buick sat in the driveway.
By Josh Richman
Oakland Tribune
© Copyright 2011, Bay Area News Group
Posted: 06/11/2011 02:47:02 PM PDT
ALAMEDA -- Harold Camping, the Doomsayer who predicted the end of the world last month sparking international media attention, suffered a stroke at his Alameda home Thursday night after the 89-year-old's nightly radio show, a neighbor said today.
The radio evangelist and president of the Oakland nonprofit Family Radio appeared in good spirits as the ambulance picked him up from his house Thursday night, the neighbor said, but his well-known, gravelly voice that led many believers to donate millions of dollars to his cause may never be the same.
"He had a stroke, it was on his right side," said the neighbor, who declined to give her name. The neighbor said she was with Camping's wife Shirley when the ambulance arrived. "His speech appears to be a little bit slurred but otherwise he's OK. ... (Shirley) said he was doing good ... and the only thing that's affected is his speech."
Camping predicted the world would end May 21 and spent millions of dollars on thousands of billboards all around the world espousing the apocalypse. When the world did not end that day, Camping said it would happen Oct. 21 instead. He had also erroneously predicted the end of the world once before.
There was no answer at the door of the Camping home Saturday afternoon and all of the curtains and blinds were drawn. A GMC pickup with a Family Radio bumper sticker and a white Buick sat in the driveway.