Author Sir Terry Pratchett has announced his death on his own Twitter feed at the age of 66, following a long battle with Alzheimer's.
His Twitter account said: "AT LAST, SIR TERRY, WE MUST WALK TOGETHER."
In his books, Death always speaks in capitals.
Another tweet posted on his account said: "Terry took Death's arm and followed him through the doors and on to the black desert under the endless night."
A final one simply said: "The End."
A statement issued following his death said the best-selling writer passed away at his home with his cat sleeping on his bed surrounded by his family on Thursday.
Diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2007, it said he battled the progressive disease with his trademark determination and creativity, and continued to write.
He completed his last book, a new Discworld novel, in the summer of 2014, before succumbing to the final stages of the disease.
Larry Finlay, MD at Transworld Publishers: "I was deeply saddened to learn that Sir Terry Pratchett has died. The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds.
"In over 70 books, Terry enriched the planet like few before him. As all who read him know, Discworld was his vehicle to satirise this world: he did so brilliantly, with great skill, enormous humour and constant invention.
"Terry faced his Alzheimer's disease (an 'embuggerance', as he called it) publicly and bravely. Over the last few years, it was his writing that sustained him. His legacy will endure for decades to come.
"My sympathies go out to Terry's wife Lyn, their daughter Rhianna, to his close friend Rob Wilkins, and to all closest to him."
Sir Terry enjoyed stellar success with his Discworld series of comic fantasy novels, selling 70 million books worldwide.
A Just Giving page donating to the Research Institute to the Care of Older People (RICE) has been set up in his memory at https://www.justgiving.com/Terry-Pratchett
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