Dammit! The very day after I bring up Terry Pratchett, I read this terrible news:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/12/nterry112.xml Yes, my favorite writer has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. So sad. Possibly the most tragic thing that could happen to a person whose livelihood and passion involve imagination and creativity.
I don't think I've felt this depressed about a celebrity since Jim Henson died.