Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch[2] (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was an American professor of computer science and human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Pausch learned that he had pancreatic cancer in September 2006, and in August 2007 he was given a terminal diagnosis: "3 to 6 months of good health left". He gave an upbeat lecture titled "The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" on September 18, 2007, at Carnegie Mellon, which became a popular YouTube video and led to other media appearances. He then co-authored a book called The Last Lecture on the same theme, which became a New York Times best-seller.
Pausch died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008.
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Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture reprised
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BODHsU3hDo4
He proved, life is too short to not live it to the fullest. He has just encouraged me more to not give up on my goals in life. I'm going to spend my life trying to make life more enjoyable to my children and hopefully they will do the same. I would also enjoy the rest of my life as I tried.
