caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality name birth_date known_for spouse image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
robert and virginia heinlein in tahiti , 1980 . 18 january 2003 florida , united states brooklyn , new york , united states american virginia heinlein 22 april 1916 founder of the heinlein society robert a. heinlein 1948 1988 heinlein tahiti 2.jpg virginia heinlein
 virginia doris gerstenfeld chemist , biochemist new york university
virginia heinlein

virginia `` ginny '' heinlein -lrb- april 22 , 1916 -- january 18 , 2003 -rrb- , born virginia doris gerstenfeld , was a chemist , biochemist , engineer , and the third wife of robert a. heinlein , a prominent and successful author once known as one of the `` big three '' of science fiction -lrb- along with isaac asimov and arthur c. clarke -rrb- .
