<P> After his father 's funeral , John visits Savannah and learns that she has married Tim , abandoning her dream of a riding camp for autistic kids because of Tim 's fight against lymphoma . They enjoy a quiet evening together , eating dinner and are tempted to pick up where they left off years earlier , but do not go through with their feelings , and John leaves . The next day , John goes with Savannah to visit Tim in the hospital , and Tim tells John that Savannah still loves John ; she loves him ( Tim ) , too , but not in the same way she loves John - and Tim can see that . John sells all of his father 's coin collection ( except the valuable mule coin that he found with his father years ago ) in order to raise money to help with Tim 's cancer treatment . John returns to the military , carrying the mule coin with him as a charm / talisman . He receives a letter from Savannah telling him that Tim died after two months of treatment . John , now a civilian , eventually returns home ; while riding his bike in town one day , he sees Savannah at a coffee shop , and they hug . </P>
<P> After his father 's funeral , John visits Savannah and learns that she has married Tim , abandoning her dream of a riding camp for autistic kids because of Tim 's fight against lymphoma . They enjoy a quiet evening together , eating dinner and are tempted to pick up where they left off years earlier , but do not go through with their feelings , and John leaves . The next day , John goes with Savannah to visit Tim in the hospital , and Tim tells John that Savannah still loves John ; she loves him ( Tim ) , too , but not in the same way she loves John - and Tim can see that . John sells all of his father 's coin collection ( except the valuable mule coin that he found with his father years ago ) in order to raise money to help with Tim 's cancer treatment . John returns to the military , carrying the mule coin with him as a charm / talisman . He receives a letter from Savannah telling him that Tim died after two months of treatment . John , now a civilian , eventually returns home ; while riding his bike in town one day , he sees Savannah at a coffee shop , and they hug . </P>
who dies at the end of dear john
who dies at the end of dear john
Tim
Tim