of the author's proceeds from the book to a ministry. Due to his experience with technology, Missler was a figurehead in bringing the "Year Two Thousand Bug" (a.k.a. "Y2K bug") to the attention of the Christian community. In 1998, he coauthored a book with John Ankerberg investigating whether America would survive the crises to be caused, he claimed, by embedded computer chips that would malfunction on what they would calculate as year zero. Richard Abanes wrote that through his newsletters Missler became a conduit between conservative evangelicals and anti-government, militia activists, some of whom were white supremacist. Personal life Missler was married to Nancy Missler. They had two sons and two daughters. Nancy died of cancer on November 11, 2015. Death Missler died at his home in Reporoa, New Zealand, in 2018. He is survived by his two daughters. Books References Citations Bibliography External links Chuck Missler's official Website 1934 births 2018 deaths 20th-century apocalypticists 20th-century evangelicals 21st-century apocalypticists 21st-century evangelicals American Christian creationists American Christian Zionists American evangelists Evangelical writers People involved in plagiarism controversies United States Naval Academy alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni Western Digital people