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Stolen from twitter, this is how TP's people signed him off
I remember his documentary on assisted death, I wonder if that was what he decided to do.
Probably. Surrounded by his family at home in bed. It takes a while to die from Alzheimer's itself unless you're like in your 80s or 90s.
The publishers statement was that he died naturally as a result of complications from the Alzheimer's.
Probably because assisted suicide is still illegal here. If I had alzheimers and was topping myself, or my family were helping me, the way the law is now I wouldn't sing it from the rooftops.
It would be very easy to detect if his death had been assisted, I think it's a little disrespectful to him and his family assuming it was.
It would be very easy to detect if his death had been assisted, I think it's a little disrespectful to him and his family assuming it was.
I don't see how. Terry was a big supporter of assisted suicide. So too are his family. Back in 2011 he even went as far as getting consent forms for a clinic in Switzerland.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/12/pratchett-starts-process-to-end-his-life
He's been pretty prolific on social media up until the last few weeks. And then this out of the blue. Maybe he took a turn for the worse... but there's no way in the last few days he was posting his last thoughts on twitter, while in the last stages of Alzheimer's. The last stages are brutal.