Robert Atkins gained popularity because of his diet plans and wonderful publications which he made over the years. Robert Atkins died in 2004 because of a cardio disease caused by viral infection. There are many people who blame Atkins diet as the main reason behind his death but medical experts do not support such blame.
There has been lots of research on the Atkins diet especially in the 1990s and 2000s. Atkins diet gained popularity in 2003 and unluckily Atkins died in 2004.