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Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett is to donate $1m for research into Alzheimer’s disease.
The creator of the Discworld series was diagnosed with a rare early-onset form of the disease in December.
Pratchett, 59, announced the pledge of about £494,000 at the Alzheimer’s Research Trust annual conference. (Read More…)
Author Pratchett has Alzheimer’s
Author Terry Pratchett is suffering from a rare form of early Alzheimer’s disease, it has been revealed.
In a letter published on the website of artist Paul Kidby, the writer said the condition was behind a "phantom stroke" he had earlier this year.
Pratchett said his statement should be interpreted as "I am not dead" and that he had taken the news "philosophically" and "possibly with a mild optimism".
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