Randy Pausch lost his battle with liver cancer this morning. Who you say? He was a professor at Carnegie Mellon who was an expert in virtual reality.

He gave a lecture about life last September after learning that his cancer was fatal. If you haven't seen this lecture you must. It is one of the most inspiring lectures I have ever seen.

Do yourself a favor, skip that poker or reality TV show you were going to watch and view this lecture instead.

Links to videos at CM

My dad linked me to his "last lecture" a few months ago. Very inspiring, and a tear jerker at the end.

Sad, particularly since he had kids- and pancreatic cancer sucks balls, lost a grandmother to that- but overall, I'd say generally 'went out good'. He had a cool albeit short life, a strong 15 minutes, what seemed to be an awesome family, an amazing job- there are a lot of people who live 80 years and only get the slightest taste of what he had in life, and consider themselves lucky.

He seemed to be a happy person, so all in all, I don't think anyone can cry too much for him.
You know the old cliche about it not mattering how you die but how you live- that applies to him.

This is the guy that did the pushups on stage, correct? (cant watch the video at work)

Yes, in the beginning.

good stuff. The lecture, not the dying.

That's too bad. I read about him and watched that video months ago. Pretty inspirational guy

claimed my dad

"...we don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well..."

The guy was truly an inspiration. RIP.

Taken away too soon as are so many good people in the world.

thanks Sam
marking this for later viewing.

Very inspiring, thanks for the link