Randy Pausch delivered the "Last Lecture" after he learned that he'd developed terminal pancreatic cancer.
His video became an Internet sensation, with over 3,000,000 views on YouTube. Pausch was a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
You can find Randy Pausch's home page here: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/
Randy Pausch died today at the age of 47.
He is survived by his wife, Jai Pausch and three children, Dylan, Logan and Chloe - to whom he dedicated his video lecture.
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Here's the complete video of the "Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch.
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My wife and I were travelling when we heard the news. Since Randy had disclosed his cancer and embarked on his “Last Lecture” we had been following him and trying to take in his life’s lessons. They are so self-evident and yet 99% of the time, people do not live up to them. Lets hope his death and the way he lived his life (especially his remaining months) will be a beacon for future generations to follow.