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Morrigoon
07-25-2008, 11:52 AM
Last Lecture professor Randy Pausch who lasted beyond what doctors had predicted, has succumbed to pancreatic cancer.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25848017/
BDBopper
07-25-2008, 12:28 PM
Wow.

If you have not heard the Last Lecture you can do so by clicking HERE (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo)
Morrigoon
07-25-2008, 12:33 PM
He lived well beyond expectations, no doubt in part due to his great attitude.
Lauragar
07-25-2008, 12:39 PM
This was the most amazing person I have read about. I'm currenting reading the book "The Last Lecture". Its all about living your dreams with a few simple rules.
libraryvixen
07-25-2008, 10:55 PM
I loved the book and I was sad to see that he passed away.
wendybeth
07-26-2008, 12:03 AM
Even though I knew he didn't want anyone to be sad over his death, I still am. What a neat guy. The world needs people like him- I hope is legacy is to inspire just that.
BDBopper
07-26-2008, 07:25 AM
Two things:

1. I didn't know his lecture became a book so now I've added it to my Amazon list and will definitely purchase it the first chance I can.

2. I hadn't seen his lecture all the way through before yesterday. That was the most awesome lecture I have ever heard. It was fun, meaningful, and voery worthwhile to watch. Considering what I have ben through in my life I have a similar view as his but he takes it to next level. At this stage in my life I needed to hear his lecture because I really am at a crossroads and I need to get off my arse and choose which path I want to take before the roads get blocked by tight brick walls.

What an awesome man. I know his legacy will live on through all the people he has touched with his message, and especially through his children.
Tref
07-26-2008, 02:55 PM
If you stick with the lecture until the very, very end, he actually comes back out and delivers one more shorter lecture, titled, Her Majesty.
Cadaverous Pallor
07-26-2008, 03:39 PM
If you stick with the lecture until the very, very end, he actually comes back out and delivers one more shorter lecture, titled, Her Majesty.That reminds me, I gotta get a bellyful of wine...
flippyshark
07-26-2008, 05:30 PM
If you stick with the lecture until the very, very end, he actually comes back out and delivers one more shorter lecture, titled, Her Majesty.

I tried to send Abbey Road mojo, but I hit the wrong button and it sent a mutant mojo instead.

I'm interested to know what involvement Randy Pausch had with Walt Disney Imagineering, whose T shirt he wears throughout his lecture. I have only found reference to him being a consultant, but nothing more specific. Anyway, I dig.