Author Sir Terry Pratchett has died in the UK at the age of 66.
He wrote more than 70 books over the course of his career but was best known for his fantasy Discworld series.
He'd been diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2007 and campaigned for more research into it.
Sir Terry was also outspoken in his belief that assisted death should be legalised for terminally ill people.
Olly Barratt reports.
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A statement on his website and a series of tweets announced that Terry Pratchett haddied.
The last one read simply, 'The End'.
He'd spoken about the end frequently - wanting to break the taboo surrounding death.
In 2010 he delivered the Richard Dimblebly lecture - or at least his friend, the actor Tony Robinson did on his behalf because by then Sir Terry found it hard to read out loud at length.
He called - through his friend - for people to be allowed to end their lives in their own way.
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His books were translated into over 30 languages and sold tens of millions all over the world.
He got into writing satire and fantasy by starting his working life as a journalist.
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He died at home - where he wrote most of his books - surrounded by his family and with his cat on his bed.
Sir Terry won't, however, have been expecting to meet God - not being a man of religion.
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Despite campaigning for assisted suicide, Terry Pratchett's publishers say he did not take his own life.
He leaves behind a vast literary legacy of over 70 books, the last of which was completed last year.