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Randy Pausch loses battle with pancreatic cancer at 47

Started by Whitney Hess · 10 months ago

For those of you who have never heard of Randy Pausch, he was a much admired professor at Carnegie Mellon (my alma mater), and became world-renowned for his “Last Lecture” delivered last September in which he emphatically discussed how to really achieve all of your ch ... Continue reading »

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  • jessica

    11 months ago

    I did not know Randy but what a positive influence he is on everyone's life. My heart stopped this morning when I could not get on the website I had in my favorites. Something just told me! A more positive attitude I've never known and Randy will forever have a spot in my heart. My deepest sympathies to his family!
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  • Milan

    11 months ago

    Incidently, just days ago I organized a team of volonteers to translate the whole transcript of The Last Lecture to various world languages.
    Here is the first full translation:
    http://www.forbetterweb.com/ser-randy-pausch.php
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  • danielholter

    11 months ago

    I'm envious you had the pleasure of knowing him and learning from him firsthand... I have recommended his book to more than a few, and my kiddos are absolutely decorating their rooms any way they want.

    Good of you to post a tribute on here... my sympathies to all his students, friends, and definitely his family.
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  • Marc Meyer

    11 months ago

    Whitney, I lived in the Burgh for quite a while and have had numerous friends from CMU who used to talk about him, I then moved to Florida awhile back and heard about the last lecture via the PG. It was at that point that I blogged about Randy Pausch and basically followed every step of his life.

    it was with a tremendous amount of sadness that I heard about him this morning and it was like being punched. Good people are taken from us far too soon and he was one of the good people.

    Thanks for writing this.

    Marc
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  • Carol

    11 months ago

    Why? Why do the good ones die?
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  • Zach Katkin

    11 months ago

    Randy's lectures were amazing. He will be missed.

    A close relative of mine was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. We are organizing a major 24hour blog-o-thon to raise awareness of cancer (particularly pancreatic cancer) and raise money for research. We are trying to enlist the help of any bloggers that would like to participate. If you'd like to help out or find out more please let me know. Our site is: http://www.atilus.com/cancer
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  • Lisa Anderson

    11 months ago

    First heard of Randy Pausch when he was going to be on Oprah. It was an amazing last lecture that he gave. It was very near and dear to my heart, because my husband had pancreatic cancer and passed away Dec. 17 2007. He was and will always be such and inspiration to myself and so many others. My husband was a strong and brave man, and is miss him every day, every second. We were only married for a little over 2 yrs when he passed away, he was the love of my life. My heart goes out to Randy's family.
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  • farnaz

    11 months ago

    It saddens me to hear of Randy’s passing. I watched him play his video on Oprah a while ago, which really moved me (all the way in Australia).
    I would have loved to sit in on one of his lectures.
    At that time, I was not aware of what field he lectured in. But today after starting Information Architecture and looking at useability blogs, it’s amazing that I have come across his story again and that he was in a similar field.
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  • Michel

    7 months ago

    I am so sorry for him. He was such a great person. It is great loss for the whole world.
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  • Wood splitter dude

    7 months ago

    This is very sad happening. I saw his last lecture and it is cruel that he had to go.
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  • Dani seuba

    5 months ago

    Thanks for discover me this man.
    I have saw this post wen you publish it, but when you made your post for your new readers you remember me it.
    I have seen the video and I thing I'm so touching about this lecture.
    Thanks for it.
    ps: sorry about my english
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  • Healer

    5 months ago

    alot of great people are dieing because of cancer ... its just too bad
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  • Cancer Collective

    3 months ago

    Heaven must of had a greater need. We all mourn his passing I am sure.
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  • Lynne Polischuik

    4 weeks ago

    I just chanced upon this post and it reminded me of the sadness I felt on hearing of Randy's passing and also that it's probably time I read 'The Last Lecture' again. I did not realize that Randy actually taught Human Computer Interaction until after I'd watched--and been very touched by--parts of his 'Last Lecture' video. He was truly an extraordinary man. I'm envious you had the opportunity to interact with him and learn from Randy first hand, Whitney. What an experience.
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