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Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47.
Pausch died at his home in Chesapeake, Va., said Jeffrey Zaslow, a Wall Street Journal writer who co-wrote Pausch's book. Pausch and his family had moved there last fall to be closer to his wife's relatives.
Pausch was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer in September 2006. His popular last lecture at Carnegie Mellon in September 2007 garnered international attention and was viewed by millions on the Internet.
In it, Pausch celebrated living the life he had always dreamed of instead of concentrating on impending death.
"The lecture was for my kids, but if others are finding value in it, that is wonderful," Pausch wrote on his Web site. "But rest assured; I'm hardly unique."
The YouTube link:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture.
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Thanks for the article and links Karol. :thumbup;
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Thanks. He was great. I saw him give his lecture on TV.
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I loved his spirit. I have read the book several times and keep it on the table by my chair. We all have a choice to be an Eeyore or a Tigger in life. He chose to be a Tigger. I have written in the margins, highlighted phrases and learn something new each time I pick it up. It is a great help for anyone dealing with a life altering diagnosis. One of my favorite lines is "I have a chance here to really think about what matters most to me, to cement how people will remember me, and to do whatever good I can on the way out". It has inspired me to be and to do better. What a wonderful gift he left for his kids and in turn, for all of us.
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I watched the video today. It was impressive for his kids. I wondered why we were getting his life story.