# Robert Lynn Asprin: Dead at 61

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**Created:** [May 23, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-lynn-asprin-dead-at-61/450417 "2008-05-23T21:11:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-lynn-asprin-dead-at-61/450417/1 "2008-05-23T21:11:11Z")

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[Confirmation of the author’s death.](http://www.mythadventures.net/)

I likd the original work he did. Thieve’s World was fun, Phule’s Company was a riot, and the early Myth stuff was enjoyable.

Later stuff, not so much. Still, someone who had an impact on the genre in the late-80s.

Rest in peace.

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**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-lynn-asprin-dead-at-61/450417/2 "2008-05-23T21:12:05Z")

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> **[No more Myth Adventures for Robert Asprin](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=469140)**
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> Robert Aspirin passed away yesterday. I knew he had had some troubles and stopped writing for a while but it seems like things were getting a little better for him. No news on the cause but he had been scheduled to appear at a sci fi con this...