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12th Mar 2015

The powerful tweets sent from best-selling author Terry Pratchett’s account just before he died today

This is very moving

Joe Harrington

The writer has passed away today.

Well-known author Terry Pratchett has died today aged 66.

According to the BBC, the UK fantasy writer lost his long and tough battle with Alzheimer’s disease

The writer, who was best known for his work on the Discworld books, is survived by his wife Lyn, and his daughter Rhianna.

These tweets were posted from Terry’s Twitter account by his assistant Rob Wilkins in Pratchett’s last moments.

RIP Terry.

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