Harold Camping: Radio Preacher Who Predicted the End of the World Dies a

Harold Camping was an American Christian radio broadcaster. Born on July 19, 1921, in Boulder, Colorado, he was a civil engineer before leading Family Radio from 1958.

He hosted the call-in show Open Forum from 1961 to 2011. He predicted the end of the world would come in September 1994 and then the Rapture on May 21, 2011, followed by the end of the world on October 21, 2011. Neither occurred.

In 2012 he said his date-setting was sinful. Camping died of complications from a fall at his home in Alameda, California, on December 15, 2013, at age 92.

Achievements: Radio broadcaster, Family Radio.

Birth: July 19, 1921 - Boulder, Colorado.

Profession: Radio preacher.

Interesting Facts: He was famous for failed predictions.