Editing Isaac Asimov (section)

=== Illness and death ===
In 1977, Asimov had a [[heart attack]]. In December 1983, he had [[Coronary artery bypass surgery|triple bypass surgery]] at NYU Medical Center, during which he contracted [[HIV]] from a [[blood transfusion]].<ref name="faq-nonlit">{{cite web |url=http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_FAQ.html#non-literary2 |title=Asimov FAQ |date=September 27, 2004 |access-date=January 17, 2007 |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016074817/http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_FAQ.html#non-literary2 |url-status=live }}</ref> His HIV status was kept secret out of concern that the [[Discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS|anti-AIDS prejudice]] might extend to his family members.<ref name=Aids/>

He died in Manhattan on April 6, 1992, and was cremated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_FAQ.html#non-literary2|title=Isaac Asimov FAQ|website=www.asimovonline.com|access-date=December 13, 2002|archive-date=October 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016074817/http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_FAQ.html#non-literary2|url-status=live}}</ref> The cause of death was reported as heart and [[Renal failure|kidney failure]].<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Isaac Asimov, Whose Thoughts and Books Traveled the Universe, Is Dead at 72 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/07/books/isaac-asimov-whose-thoughts-and-books-traveled-the-universe-is-dead-at-72.html |access-date=September 4, 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 7, 1992 |page=B7 |archive-date=May 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530061354/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/07/books/isaac-asimov-whose-thoughts-and-books-traveled-the-universe-is-dead-at-72.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=It's Been a Good Life |last=Asimov |first=Isaac |date=2002 |publisher=[[Prometheus Books]] |location=New York |isbn=978-1-57392-968-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/itsbeengoodlife00asim/page/251 251–253] |url=https://archive.org/details/itsbeengoodlife00asim/page/251 }}</ref><ref name=janetLetter/> Ten years following Asimov's death, Janet and Robyn Asimov agreed that the HIV story should be made public; Janet revealed it in her edition of his autobiography, ''[[It's Been a Good Life]]''.<ref name="faq-nonlit"/><ref name=janetLetter>{{cite web |url=http://www.locusmag.com/2002/Issue04/Letter.html |title=Locus Online: Letter from Janet Asimov |date=April 4, 2002 |access-date=January 17, 2007 |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002160457/http://www.locusmag.com/2002/Issue04/Letter.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Aids>"Widow reveals Isaac Asimov died from Aids", ''[[The Sunday Times]]'', March 17, 2002.</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Hal |last=Bock|title=Ashe says transfusion gave him AIDS: Former tennis star blames tainted blood received during 1983 bypass surgery|date=April 9, 1992|page=E5|newspaper=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>