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Sep 25, 2024 · Explore Pratchett’s life, influences, impact, wit and wisdom, from his days as a school librarian to his time as a trainee journalist to his untimely death from Alzheimers in 2015.
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Sep 11, 2024 · When Pratchett was originally diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, he spent a year being filmed for the documentary Terry Pratchett: Living With Alzheimer’s. This was comfortable to exactly nobody involved. But he wanted to be open about the embuggerance, learn what it was doing, show it to people.
Sep 22, 2024 · Driven by his personal experience with Alzheimer’s disease, Terry Pratchett became a patron of Alzheimer’s Research UK. He actively supported fundraising efforts and advocated for increased awareness of the disease.
Sep 11, 2024 · Marc Burrows is the author of the much loved first ever biography of Sir Terry, The Magic of Terry Pratchett, which explores the life, influences, and impact of someone who is arguably one of the greatest storytellers of all time.
Sep 26, 2024 · The CDC estimates that up to 40% of cases of dementia are actually preventable, or could at least be delayed. Actress Gena Rowlands, best known for her incredible performances in the films of her husband and creative partner John Cassavetes, is living with Alzheimer’s disease.
Sep 24, 2024 · The novel is set in the fantastical world of Discworld, a flat planet carried by four giant elephants standing on the back of a great turtle, the Great A’Tuin, floating through space. In Moving Pictures, a new and mysterious force awakens in the ancient city of Holy Wood.
Sep 25, 2024 · Terry Pratchett — ‘It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing it.’
