Anvil's Terry Prachett story reminded me of this
I too cried when I heard TP had developed early-onset Alzheimer's Syndrome. He is absolutely brilliant. I met him years ago and I'll list an example of his quick wit:

I had stood in line for hours to meet him for 30 seconds and have him sign my books. At the time, my brother was policing Iraq and handled POWs. When I got to Terry, I told him he was very popular in Iraq-I had sent my bro a care package of Prachett Discworld books and once Bro was finished he passed them on to the POWs. They were hotly sought-after and passed from hand to hand. Bro requested more and would he please sign one addressed specifically to my little brother (remember, the one I thought captured Saddam Hussein).
He laughed uproariously at that story and said, "I can see it now:..." waving his hand in the air. He then pretended he was an Iraqi POW and blibbered.,"Ak mak lhoudani maloof amir RINCEWIND abber jabber makhakkkhhkkhhkkk!" and gave me a huge shit-eating grin.

I fell in love.
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Sun 19 Apr 2009, 20:37, 5 replies)

Heheh
I really like this :)
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 20 Apr 2009, 13:27, closed)

Terry Fuckwitt
My 12 year old son was a huge fan, and persuaded me queue up for hours in Cambridge at a book signing so he could get his autograph. Tried to engage him in conversation once we reached the front of the line, What a miserable cunt and about as interesting as the contents of a table tennis ball on a dark night !
(Betty Boothroyd's Love custard Tourettes at the KOB, Mon 20 Apr 2009, 19:34, closed)

:~(
That stinks. I'm sorry to hear he was a poop on that occasion.
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Tue 21 Apr 2009, 3:10, closed)

I, on the other hand, had the opposite.
He struck me as a friendly, warm and witty person. P'raps the guy above there caught him on a bad day. Shame That.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Tue 21 Apr 2009, 13:00, closed)

Read what you just said, fuckwit.
You queued up for hours to get his signature- he was there signing all the time, with wierdos dressed as Wizards, witches, etc, all asking him to write their idea of funneh on the book, spelt in mysterious ways, and the poor bugger can hardly concentrate now to spell the names, due to his alzheimers. He was at my daughters school a few weeks ago, and was wonderful, signing all that he could, way past his time alloted. Top man.
( Duke Of Belmsford has got 99 records, but Jay-Z ain't one, Tue 21 Apr 2009, 16:36, closed)