Last Lecture

Jul 25, 2008 12:15

From CNN.com:

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Randy Pausch, a 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.
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Randy Pausch emphasized the joy of life in his "last lecture," originally given in September 2007.

Pausch died at his home in Virginia, university spokeswoman Anne Watzman said. Pausch and his family moved there last fall to be closer to his wife's relatives.

Read the whole CNN story here.

It's kind of sad that we have to wait until death stares us in the face to find the courage to do those things that we've always wanted to do but were too nervous/scared/worried about what other people think to do them.

The Last Lecture. It's 75 minutes long but very worth watching.

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