SAN FRANCISCO — The California radio preacher who predicted the world would end May 21 was recuperating Monday after suffering a mild stroke, his family and colleagues said.
Doctors have been monitoring radio host Harold Camping, 89, since he was taken by ambulance from his Alameda home Thursday.
“He is presently recuperating in a local hospital, and the doctors are pleased with his progress,” said Family Radio International’s special-projects coordinator Michael Garcia. “Mr. Camping’s family appreciates your thoughts and prayers.”
Camping’s daughter, Susan Espinoza, said her father was recovering but had not been doing his regular live broadcasts from the headquarters of Family Radio.
Camping’s media empire spent millions of dollars — some of it from donations made by followers — publicizing the evangelist’s Rapture prediction over the past seven years.
After the apocalypse failed to occur, Camping clarified that a “spiritual” Judgment Day had begun, placing the entire world under Christ’s judgment, and said the Earth actually would be obliterated Oct. 21.
