Gaddag's Unofficial Blog

Terry Pratchett (now 63), Sir Terence or Sir Terry, whatever you prefer, the man who wrote all those fantastic and excellent Discworld novels, and my favourite author, received the papers that allow him, after signing them, to be accepted by the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland, specializing in the one-way journeys that terminate your life, or, in other words, in an assisted suicide.
BBC broadcast yesterday a document Choosing to Die made by Terry Pratchett, describing the last days and moments of his friend, who decided to die on his own terms at the clinic.
Terry Pratchett, as you may already know, was diagnosed with a form of Alzheimer's disease about five years ago, when he was 58. Just like me now.
And after these five years, after donating a million pounds to research, he decided to start the path which will lead (or can lead) to his death, "with a glass of whisky in one hand, and a glass of the deadly fluid in the other."
It's so sad, while he seems to be happy. I'm sad for him.
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