--- title: Terry Pratchett's Last Tweet Was Heartbreakingly Final description: English fantasy author Terry Pratchett died Thursday after an ongoing battle with early onset Alzheimer's disease. He was 66. The author, who published more than... canonical: https://time.com/3742565/terry-pratchetts-last-tweet-twitter/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-12T16:40:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:17:38.242Z og:title: Terry Pratchett's Last Tweet Was Heartbreakingly Final og:description: "The end" og:url: https://time.com/3742565/terry-pratchetts-last-tweet-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70feb94c5760030c/698783625f570f815bb15b86/143627625.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: South Bank Sky Arts Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Terry Pratchett's Last Tweet Was Heartbreakingly Final twitter:description: "The end" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70feb94c5760030c/698783625f570f815bb15b86/143627625.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Terry Pratchett's Last Tweet Was Heartbreakingly Final by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 12, 2015 4:40 PM UTC  Terry Pratchett attends the South Bank Sky Arts Awards at Dorchester Hotel Terry Pratchett attends the South Bank Sky Arts Awards at Dorchester HotelIan Gavan—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 12, 2015 4:40 PM UTC English fantasy author Terry Pratchett [died](http://time.com/3742469/terry-pratchett-author-dead/) Thursday after an ongoing battle with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. He was 66. The author, who published more than 70 books, wrote a closing set of tweets that referenced his _Discworld_ series. They were heartbreakingly final: > [](https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/576036599047258112) > [](https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/576036726046646272) > [](https://twitter.com/terryandrob/status/576036888190038016) He is survived by his wife and daughter. _Read next:_ [_Fantasy Author Terry Pratchett Dead at 66_](http://time.com/3742469/terry-pratchett-author-dead/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3742565/terry-pratchetts-last-tweet-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3742565/terry-pratchetts-last-tweet-twitter/"},"headline":"Terry Pratchett's Last Tweet Was Heartbreakingly Final","datePublished":"2015-03-12T16:40:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:38.242Z","description":"English fantasy author Terry Pratchett died Thursday after an ongoing battle with early onset Alzheimer's disease. He was 66. The author, who published more than...","url":"https://time.com/3742565/terry-pratchetts-last-tweet-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Books","twitter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70feb94c5760030c/698783625f570f815bb15b86/143627625.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70feb94c5760030c/698783625f570f815bb15b86/143627625.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"South Bank Sky Arts Awards","caption":"South Bank Sky Arts Awards","creditText":"Ian Gavan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3742565/terry-pratchetts-last-tweet-twitter/","name":"Terry Pratchett's Last Tweet Was Heartbreakingly Final"}}]}] ```