Editing René Goscinny (section)

==Death==
[[File:GoscinnyRenéGrabstein.JPG|thumb|Goscinny's tombstone in Nice]]

Goscinny died at 51, in Paris of a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]] on 5 November 1977, during a routine [[cardiac stress test|stress test]] at his doctor's office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sante/20121108.OBS8681/le-gag-rate-de-goscinny-mourir-d-un-arret-du-c-ur-chez-son-cardiologue.html|title=Le gag raté de Goscinny : mourir d'un arrêt du cœur chez son cardiologue|work=Sciences et Avenir|language=fr|access-date=21 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115059/http://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sante/20121108.OBS8681/le-gag-rate-de-goscinny-mourir-d-un-arret-du-c-ur-chez-son-cardiologue.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1977-11-07 |title=Rene Goscinny Dies In Paris; Created Noted Comic Strip |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/07/archives/rene-goscinny-dies-in-paris-created-noted-comic-strip.html |access-date=2023-07-27 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He was buried in the Jewish Cemetery in [[Nice]]. In accordance with his will, most of his money was transferred to the [[Chief Rabbi#France|chief rabbinate of France]].

Goscinny's death occurred part-way through the writing of ''[[Asterix in Belgium]]'' (published in 1979, two years after his death). As a homage to Goscinny, Uderzo drew darkened skies and rain into the comic.  The last panel on page 32 and all but the last panel on page 33 were drawn with grey skies and rain to mark the point at which Goscinny died. Most of the remaining panels in the book were drawn with leaden grey skies, but none have rain. There is a further tribute at the end of the book: near the lower left corner of the final panel, Uderzo drew a rabbit sadly looking over its shoulders towards Goscinny's signature. Regrettably, as printed (at least in the German edition) the outlines are too thick, even at 10X magnification, to make clear what the rabbit is doing.

After Goscinny's death, Uderzo began to write ''Asterix'' himself and continued the series, although at a much slower pace, until passing the series over in 2011 to writer [[Jean-Yves Ferri]] and illustrator [[Didier Conrad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/italy-beckons-for-gaul-comic-heros-asterix-and-obelix/|title=Italy beckons for Gaul comic heros Asterix and Obelix|first=Franck|last=Iovene|website=www.timesofisrael.com}}</ref> Tabary similarly began to write ''Iznogoud'' himself, whereas Morris continued ''Lucky Luke'' with various other writers.

As a further tribute to Goscinny, Uderzo gave his late colleague's likeness to the Jewish character Saul ben Ephishul (a play on "it's all beneficial"; Saul Nizahle in the German edition; ) in the 1981 album ''L'Odyssée d'Astérix'' ("[[Asterix and the Black Gold]]"), which is dedicated to Goscinny's memory.