Hal Lindsey, a teacher of biblical prophecy who wrote the bestselling book The Late Great Planet Earth, has died two days after turning 95. The home page of Lindsey’s news and commentary website ...

his book The Late Great Planet Earth was the bestselling non-fiction title of the 1970s in America and popularised such apocalyptic notions as “the rapture” and “the mark of the Beast”.

An editor at Bantam Books acquired the mass-market paperback rights, and that touched a nerve with the public. "The Late, Great Planet Earth" became the best-selling nonfiction book of the 1970s ...

Hal Lindsey, who authored the best-selling nonfiction book of the 1970s in “The Late, Great Planet Earth,” has died at 95. His death was announced on his website, but did not specify location or cause ...