<<What I am saying is these doctors killed a best selling author through negligence and there was no megasuit for megamillions?
And what about Asimov himself? They killed him! He just accepted it quietly? Was he too sick to write or tell about what happened? Did he just give up (like Eazy E?) --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "md_moore42" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's the reference. > http://www.locusmag.com/2002/Issue04/Letter.html > > Letter from Janet Asimov > > Editor's note: The true cause of Isaac Asimov's death in 1992, from > complications of HIV infection contracted from a 1983 blood > transfusion during bypass surgery, was made public in March with > advance publicity of a book, It's Been a Good Life, a one-volume > autobiographical collection compiled by Janet Jeppson, Asimov's > widow, who reveals the situation in the book. Locus Magazine's April > issue ran the story with the following passage included: "Asimov > reportedly wanted to reveal he had AIDS but was talked out of it at > the time by his second wife, Janet Jeppson." The following is a > letter from Janet (Jeppson) Asimov. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---------- > > Dear Locus, > > I hope no one will believe that, according to the article in Locus, > Isaac Asimov "wanted to reveal he had AIDS but was talked out of it > at the time by his second wife, Janet Jeppson." A few years after > Isaac's bypass surgery, he had some symptoms that made me read the > medical journals---and then I wanted him tested for HIV. The > internist and cardiologist said I was wrong. Testing was done only > when he was seriously ill and in the hospital for surgery on his by > then infected heart valves. The surgery was cancelled, and the > doctors told us not to reveal Isaac's HIV. I argued with the doctors > privately about this secrecy, but they prevailed, even after Isaac > died. The doctors are dead now, and when Prometheus books asked me to > write "It's Been a Good Life", Isaac's daughter and I agreed to go > public on the HIV. > > > Janet Asimov > 4 April 2002 > > > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Hayden" <Frofidemus@> > wrote: > > > > I had never heard this before yesterday when I was reading > > Entertainment Weekly Magazine and they had the pictures of a number > of > > famous people who died from AIDS or HIV complications. > > > > Had anyone heard it before in the Sci Fi fan press or other? > > > > What was the big secret--'til now anyway? > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/DtIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
