We all knew that this was coming but it still hurts. From the UK Guardian:
Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld series, dies aged 66
Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld comic fantasy series of novels, has died aged 66.
His publishers, Transworld, announced the news “with immeasurable sadness”. Managing director Larry Finlay, said: “The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds.”
The author of more than 70 books died at his home “with his cat sleeping on his bed, surrounded by his family” earlier on Thursday.
Pratchett, who had early onset Alzheimer’s disease, leaves his wife, Lyn, and their daughter, Rhianna.
“Terry faced his Alzheimer’s disease (an ‘embuggerance’, as he called it), publicly and bravely. Over the last few years, it was his writing that sustained him. His legacy will endure for decades to come.”
One of the best contemporary writers - a favorite of mine.
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