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1948 – 2015Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)Died 12 March 2015, aged 66Terry Pratchett was an English author best known for the Discworld series of comic fantasy novels, which sold over 85 million copies worldwide. He was knighted in 2009 for services to literature. Pratchett continued writing for years after his 2007 diagnosis with early-onset Alzheimer's disease, which he also campaigned publicly about.