LONDON: Terry Pratchett, the British author whose fantasy novels sold in their tens of millions worldwide, died of a form of Alzheimer’s disease on Thursday. He was 66.

News about the death of Pratchett - who campaigned during his final illness for legalising assisted death - came on his Twitter account in a series of tweets written in the style of his Discworld novels, where Death always talks in capital letters.

“At last, sir terry, we must walk together,” said the first tweet on @terryandrob. “Terry took Death’s arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night,” said the second, while a third read simply: “The End”.

Pratchett died at home surrounded by his family with his cat sleeping on his bed, Transworld Publishers said.

Published in Dawn, March 13th, 2015

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