Editing Robert Asprin (section)

== Death and aftermath ==
Asprin died on May 22, 2008, of heart failure at his home in New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=47897&cat=14 |title=Trans World News Notice of Death |access-date=2008-05-24 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719040043/http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=47897&cat=14 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sfscope.com/2008/05/author-robert-asprin-dies.html |title=SFScope Notice of Death from Natural Causes |access-date=2008-05-24 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721192218/http://sfscope.com/2008/05/author-robert-asprin-dies.html |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He was found lying on a sofa with a [[Terry Pratchett]] novel still open in his hands.<ref>[http://lynnabbey.com/FaceOfChaos/friendship-never-forgotten/ Friendship never forgotten]; by [[Lynn Abbey]]; published May 23, 2008; retrieved June 25, 2018</ref> He was to have been the Guest of Honor at [[Marcon (convention)|Marcon]] that weekend.<ref>Jody Lynn Nye, "Afterward", Myth-Fortunes. Wildside Press 2008</ref>

During 2008, his heirs donated<ref>{{cite web| url = http://archon.lib.niu.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=387&q=&rootcontentid=110772| title = Archon.lib.edu}}</ref> his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at [[Northern Illinois University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/sciencefiction.cfm |title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection |access-date=2012-06-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720013814/http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/sciencefiction.cfm |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}, Northern Illinois University (via web.archive.org)</ref>