Via Reddit, I found out about the death of Randy Pausch. Prof. Pausch gave the “Last Lecture,” a lecture that is maybe the most inspirational talk I have ever heard.
In May, Dr. Pausch spoke at the Carnegie Mellon University commencement. He said a friend recently told him he was “beating the [Grim] Reaper” because it’s now been nine months since his doctor told him he would die in six.
“But we don’t beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well,” said Dr. Pausch, who urged the graduates to find and pursue their passion. He put an exclamation point at the end of his remarks by kissing his wife, Jai, and carrying her off stage.
He died yesterday of pancreatic cancer.
If you have not seen it, take about an hour and a half and watch it. Here it is:
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