Died writer Terry Pratchett Bashny.Net

Today, March 12, 2015, died on a popular English writer Sir Terry Pratchett, best known for his satirical fantasy cycle "The World is Flat." His publisher said that the writer died at his home, surrounded by family and a cat on the bed.

AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER.- Terry Pratchett (terryandrob) 12 March 2015 blockquote>
At the end of 2007 Pratchett found a rare form of Alzheimer's disease, and in 2009 he wrote in the Daily Mail открытое letter about euthanasia. Due to illness in the last years of his life he worked Pratchett, dictating his assistant Rob Wilkins or using speech recognition software.

On the death of the writer told publisher Larry Finlay :
I was deeply saddened to learn that Sir Terry Pratchett has died. The world has lost one of the most vivid and sharp minds.

His books Terry enriched planet like few before him. All who have read his book, you know that "The World is Flat" was his way to ridicule the world that he did it so brilliantly, with great skill, great sense of humor and endless inventiveness.

Terry met the disease ("inconvenience," as he called her) face to face, publicly and boldly. In recent years, it only supported the work. His legacy will be remembered for decades. Blockquote> In memory of Terry Pratchett in the Just Giving created page donation Research Institute Care for the Elderly (The Research Institute for the Care of Older People, RICE).

Terry took Death's arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night.- Terry Pratchett (terryandrob) March 12, 2015 blockquote>
The End.- Terry Pratchett (terryandrob) March 12, 2015 blockquote>

Source: geektimes.ru/post/247154/