It's Been a Good Life
It's Been a Good Life (2002) is a book by Janet Asimov. The book, published by Prometheus Books (ISBN 1-57392-968-9), is a collection of Isaac Asimov's diaries, personal letters, and his three earlier autobiographies:
Janet's primary role as author was in choosing the entries and occasionally editing them so we would know the people of whom he was speaking. In one case, her edited version is less explicit than Isaac's original. Isaac and "a famous man" debate anti-Semitism (chapter 23 of the book). The famous man voices opposition to scientists since some had aided the Holocaust, and Isaac replies that this is exactly the same as condemning the Jews for crucifying Jesus Christ. The edited version omits the celebrity's name—Elie Wiesel.
There was a significant new revelation in the book about Asimov's life. Janet Asimov revealed that Isaac had apparently died of AIDS complications. He contracted it from a blood transfusion following a heart bypass in 1983. She says that the reason it was kept secret was that Isaac did not want to deal with the stigma often associated with having the disease.
