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Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett succumbs to Alzheimer’s disease at 66

In a lecture delivered in February 2010, a little more than two years after Terry Pratchett announced he had been diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy, a rare form of Alzheimer's disease, the fantasy author described ... Read More »

March 12, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

Terry Pratchett ponders assisted suicide

By Steven W. Beattie

Best-selling U.K. author Terry Pratchett has received the consent forms necessary to initiate the process of ending his life from Switzerland's Dignitas clinic. Pratchett, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, says the only thing preventing him ... Read More »

June 13, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Terry Pratchett calls for assisted suicide “tribunals”

By Steven W. Beattie

Terry Pratchett, U.K. author of the wildly popular Discworld series, says that special "tribunals" should be set up to allow people suffering serious medical conditions to seek help in terminating their own lives. Assisted suicide ... Read More »

February 1, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Super Thursday in Britain, and what U.S., U.K. publishers will be taking to Frankfurt

By Steven W. Beattie

Americans have "Black Friday," the Friday after Thanksgiving, which is the start of the Christmas shopping fiasco season, and which can, on occasion, lead to actual loss of life. It's hard to imagine book buyers ... Read More »

September 28, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: Terry Pratchett

Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett succumbs to Alzheimer’s disease at 66

Terry Pratchett ponders assisted suicide

Terry Pratchett calls for assisted suicide “tribunals”

Super Thursday in Britain, and what U.S., U.K. publishers will be taking to Frankfurt

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