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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: March 12, 2015, 05:41:14 PM »
Can't say I know much about him, but RIP.


Quote from: sex-negative feminist prude on March 12, 2015, 05:20:09 PM
RIP, FF.

Apparently it was a chest infection, in conjunction with the Alzheimer's. I'm glad the Alzheimer's, alone, at least didn't get him in the end.

That's quite sad. Having Alzheimer's is a chillingly horrible fate for anybody, but it seems particularly cruel for an author of fiction.
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Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2015, 05:09:06 PM »
Quote from: sex-negative feminist prude on March 12, 2015, 10:47:40 PM
Quote from: Antonio V on March 12, 2015, 05:41:14 PM
Can't say I know much about him, but RIP.


Quote from: sex-negative feminist prude on March 12, 2015, 05:20:09 PM
RIP, FF.

Apparently it was a chest infection, in conjunction with the Alzheimer's. I'm glad the Alzheimer's, alone, at least didn't get him in the end.

That's quite sad. Having Alzheimer's is a chillingly horrible fate for anybody, but it seems particularly cruel for an author of fiction.

It was early-onset, too. He was diagnosed in 2007, when he was fifty-nine. But through some extraordinary effort of the will he kept writing right until the end. Between his diagnosis and his death he wrote five Discworld novels alone.

Well, that's beyond impressive. Definitely sounds like a fascinating person.
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