PHOTOS: Sir Terry Pratchett, renowned fantasy author, dies at 66

Terry Pratchett attends the South Bank Sky Arts Awards at Dorchester Hotel on May 1, 2012 in London, England. Pratchett, creator of the “Discworld” series died Thursday March 12, 2015. He was 66. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) ( South Bank Sky Arts Awards )

Winner of Best Single Documentary Terry Pratchett poses in front of the winners boards at the British Academy Television Awards at the Royal Festival Hall in London, on May 27, 2012. Pratchett, creator of the “Discworld” series died Thursday March 12, 2015. He was 66. (Photo credit should read Andrew Cowie/AFP/GettyImages) ( Par7115559 )

Winners of the Best Single Documentary award including Terry Pratchett (C) pose in front of the winners boards at the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards 2012 held at Royal Festival Hall on May 27, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images) ( 145355064JO151_Arqiva_Briti )

Winners of the Best Single Documentary award including Terry Pratchett (C) pose in front of the winners boards at the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards 2012 held at Royal Festival Hall on May 27, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images) ( 145355064JO153_Arqiva_Briti )

Winner of Best Single Documentary Terry Pratchett poses in front of the winners boards at the Arqiva British Academy Television Awards 2012 held at Royal Festival Hall on May 27, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images) ( 145355064JO150_Arqiva_Briti )

Terry Pratchett attends the South Bank Sky Arts Awards at Dorchester Hotel on May 1, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) ( South Bank Sky Arts Awards )

Terry Pratchett attends the Galaxy National Book Awards at BBC Television Centre on November 10, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) ( 62403766 )

Sir Terry Pratchett, Richard Ingrams, Diana Athill, Andrew Sachs, Terry Wogan, John Sergeant and Peter Hildreth arrive to attend The Oldie of the Year Awards at Simpsons on the Strand on February 24, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images) ( 56842240 )

Author and euthanasia campaigner Sir Terry Pratchett speaks to the press on on February 25, 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images) ( 59725986 )

British author Sir Terry Pratchett (L) shows his knighthood and Paralympic swimmer Eleanor Simmonds her Member of the Britiish Empire (MBE) after they were awarded them by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in London, on February 18, 2009. (IAN NICHOLSON/AFP/Getty Images) ( DV474637 )

Author Sir Terry Pratchett poses for photographs after he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on February 18, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Nicholson - WPA Pool/Getty Images) ( 56773456 )

Author Terry Pratchett poses for photographs outside Number 10 Downing Street on November 26, 2008 in London. Pratchett, creator of the “Discworld” series died Thursday March 12, 2015. He was 66. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images) ( 56266272 )

\Novelist Terry Pratchett arrives at the Galaxy British Book Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel on March 28, 2007 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) ( 73702404GC029_Galaxy_Britis )

Author Terry Pratchett arrives at the world television premiere of "Hogfather" at the Curzon Mayfair on November 27, 2006 in London, England. (Photo by Getty Images) ( 72642337CG015_Hogfather_Wor )

Author Terry Pratchett arrives at the world television premiere of "Hogfather" at the Curzon Mayfair on November 27, 2006 in London, England. (Photo by Getty Images) ( 72642337CG010_Hogfather_Wor )

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - JULY 09: Terry Pratchett. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images) ( AUK-14682FPRPRATCHETTTerry.jpg )