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He was known for his humorous fantasy works, including the series of novels of the “Discworld”. British novelist Terry Pratchett died at the age of 66 years, said his publisher. The author of nearly 70 books died at his home, “his cat asleep on his bed, surrounded by his family,” wrote the editor in a statement.
This is the voice of the One of the characters in his novels that his Twitter account announced his death:
His latest book completed in the summer 2014. Terry Pratchett was diagnosed several years ago by a rare form of Alzheimer’s disease, PCA (posterior cortical atrophy), which involves, among other things, a decline in vision and the ability to writing.
Still, he finished his last book, a new volume of “Annals of Discworld” to summer 2014. The “Annals” aimed at a young adult audience and are distinguished by their irreverent tone. His novels also borrow from classical culture and mythology as the rock culture. Terry Pratchett was crowned in 2006 better living British writer, behind JK Rowling, creator of Harry Potter.
activist for euthanasia. To the editor, “it was his writing that kept him alive.” Diagnosed in 2007, “he fought” against his illness “with determination and creativity that characterized it,” he further said. In recent years, Terry Pratchett had also committed to euthanasia, particularly through the creation in 2011 of a documentary on the death of a British euthanasia in Switzerland. What had provoked a lively debate in the UK, where euthanasia is illegal. On the BBC, he said his “shame” that “the British have to hang on to Switzerland for a considerable cost, to get the services they want.”
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