Editing John Bellairs (section)

=== Death and legacy ===
Bellairs died suddenly of [[cardiovascular disease]] at his home in [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]], on March 8, 1991, at the age of 53.<ref>{{Cite news |last=The Associated Press |author-link=The Associated Press |date=1991-03-14 |title=Obituary for John Bellairs |pages=92 |work=[[New York Daily News]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-obituary-for-john-bellairs/137871287/ |access-date=2024-01-02}}</ref> He was survived by his ex-wife, Priscilla (Braids) Bellairs, whom he had married on June 24, 1968, and their son Frank J. Bellairs.<ref name=":0" /> Frank Bellairs died in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], on August 19, 1999, at the age of 29.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-08-22 |title=Obituary for Frank J. Bellairs |pages=84 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-obituary-for-frank-j-b/137871524/ |access-date=2024-01-02}}</ref> Priscilla Bellairs lives in [[Newburyport, Massachusetts|Newburyport]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shea|first=Jack|date=2018-04-18|title=Newburyport woman gets glimpse at film on late husband's book|url=https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/newburyport-woman-gets-glimpse-at-film-on-late-husbands-book/article_da390afe-6e83-5f18-a583-493bad6c982a.html|access-date=2021-08-29|website=The Daily News of Newburyport|language=en}}</ref>

In 1992, a historical marker was placed in front of the historic Cronin House in Bellairs's hometown of Marshall, Michigan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hahn |first=Daniel |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/921452204 |title=The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-19-174437-2 |edition=2nd |pages=62 |oclc=921452204 }}</ref> Built in 1870 for local merchant Jeremiah Cronin, this imposing Italianate mansion with its 60-foot tower had inspired the titular house of his 1973 [[The House with a Clock in Its Walls|book]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Kalea|date=2018-09-18|title=The House that Inspired 'House with a Clock in Its Walls' Comes to Life in Time for Movie|url=https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2018/09/18/house-clock-its-walls-cronin-marshall/1303778002/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=Battle Creek Enquirer|language=en-US}}</ref>

Bellairs was inducted into the Haverhill Citizens Hall of Fame in 2000.<ref name=":1" />