Randy Pausch, 1960-2008

Randy Pausch died this morning. He was a Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and a best-selling author, who achieved worldwide fame for his "The Last Lecture" speech on September 18, 2007 at Carnegie Mellon University.

Below is his "Last Lecture" titled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams". It is 1 hour 16 minutes long, and I encourage all of you to watch it.



Mr. Pausch had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2006, endured chemotherapy and surgery, and in 2007, was told his cancer was terminal and was given 6 months to live. He made it longer than that, and created that lecture not for his students, but for his children.