1920-1992
Isaac Asimov was famous American science fiction author, one of the “BigThree” science fiction writers of his times along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke.
After the heart attack in 1977 he had triple bypass surgery . Only ten years after his death ( 1992) it was revealed that myocardial and renal complications he died from were the result of an HIV infection, which he got during a blood transfusion received in bypass operation.
The asteroid 5020 Asimov, a crater on the planet Mars, a Brooklyn, New York elementary school, and one Isaac Asimov literary award are named in his honor
