Robert Van Kampen

== Personal life ==<!-- NOTE TO EDITORS: in line with a request on behalf of representatives of the family of Mr Van Kampen, please do NOT place the names of his relatives within this section or the article. If you wish to discuss this matter, please place a message on my talk page - Thank You! -->
In 1963 Van Kampen married, and he and his wife had three children.  Having initially lived in Wheaton, Illinois, Van Kampen made his home in West Chicago, Illinois, Indiana, and [[West Michigan]]. Van Kampen died on October 29, 1999, at the age of 60 in [[Loyola University Medical Center]] while waiting for a [[heart transplant]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3DE113BF937A35752C1A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=Robert Van Kampen, Investor And Bible Collector, Dies at 60|work=New York Times|author=William H Honan|date=November 4, 1999|accessdate=2008-01-14}}</ref> 

Christian singer [[Robert Pierre (musician)|Robert Pierre]], son of Van Kampen's daughter Karla and Scott Pierre, is Van Kampen's grandson.<ref name="Pinsky">{{cite news|last1=Pinsky|first1=Mark|title=A voice of faith ; Windermere's Robert Pierre uses his singing talent to spread the gospel, but will his voice break before his career lifts off?|publisher=Orlando Sentinel|date=2 November 2006|id={{ProQuest|280362953}}}}</ref>