When they knighted him, he forged his own sword with iron from a meteorite. English satirist (1948-2015) behind Discworld, 41 novels set on a flat world riding on four elephants on a giant turtle, which he used to make fun of everything: religion, war, newspapers, Hollywood, and Death himself (DEATH, who speaks in capitals and is one of the most beloved characters in fantasy). Co-wrote Good Omens with Neil Gaiman. Diagnosed with a rare Alzheimer’s variant in 2007, he named it “the Embuggerance” in public and spent his last years advocating for research funding and the right to assisted dying.
What a guy.