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Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon computer science professor whose last lecture became an Internet sensation and bestselling book, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 47.

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Neophile3 weeks, 5 days ago

You can watch the "Last Lecture" here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
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  johnleehui3 weeks, 5 days ago
  
  Thanks, I'm being looking for this:)
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tdrapeau3 weeks, 5 days ago

The lecture is I believe roughly 60 minutes long, but you won't spend a better 60 minutes watching any other lecture.
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coreyspring3 weeks, 5 days ago

So sad... I just finished his book. He squeezed more life out of his last days than some people have in all of theirs.
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Tango573 weeks, 5 days ago

Just heard Randy passed away. What an incredible gift he left for his family and friends, not to mention the way he has helped others in dealing with what little time they may have left.
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Eagle_Eye3 weeks, 5 days ago

This wonderful mans lecture inspired me to get all I can out of life and be greatful that I don't have Pancreatic cancer and get up each day looking forward to life. I
I hope it is a long time before I have to look death in the face again, people that face death have the greatest appreciation for life.
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johnleehui3 weeks, 5 days ago

I heard of this pretty amazing lecture, but never really got to watch it or get the link until now.
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Secret_Asian_Man3 weeks, 5 days ago

Confucius say the brightest stars always burn out first.
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canadianrancher573 weeks, 5 days ago

I saw about this on Oprah over a year ago and then again this spring,life is something so special and many of seem to forget that fact.
I hope that the message that he spread to so many people will continue because being a child at heart and dreaming are some of the things that make the world a better place. I didn't watch the lecture so this is sort of from what I saw on TV.
My sympathies to his family and those who knew him.
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Poulenc3 weeks, 4 days ago

As reported in his NY Times obit today:
"[Pausch] did...mention that he experienced a near-deathbed conversion: he switched and bought a Macintosh computer."
My kind of guy.
Rest in peace...though that quality seams to have been very much part of his life.
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