Death and Aftermath
Asprin died of a myocardial infarction at home in his bed on May 22, 2008,. A Terry Pratchett novel and his reading glasses were found next to him. He was to have been the Guest of Honor at Marcon that weekend.
In 2008, his heirs donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.
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