Randy Pausch, a computer-science professor who became internationally known for his inspiring “Last Lecture,” passed away in Chesapeake, Virginia, Friday after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University professor who turned a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer into a best-selling book and worldwide fame,... Remembering Randy Pausch's Last Lecture Randy Pausch ...

PITTSBURGH -- Randy Pausch, a computer science professor whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday. He was 47. Pausch died at ...

Pittsburgh, PA -- Randy Pausch, a former Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an international sensation and a best-selling book, died ...

Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University whose eloquent departing lecture about battling pancreatic cancer drew international acclaim, has died. Pausch, 47, delivered ...

Randy Pausch didn’t want his last lecture to be about dying. He is dying of pancreatic cancer, and he knows it is a painful way to go. But when he walked up to the podium last month to address more ...

More than a year after he was given six months to live, and after 10 months during which he touched millions over the Internet with his last lecture and helped write a best-selling book about life, ...

Even in a world that bombards itself with endless, noisy entertainment, something different occasionally breaks through the clatter to make millions of people stop, think, quiet down and be inspired.

Before September, Randy Pausch '82 was relatively unknown outside of the computing world. Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, was recognized as a ground-breaking ...

Carnegie Mellon professor who inspired millions with his "last lecture" after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer died Friday at age 47. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, ...

There were times I couldn’t bear to watch. But then there were others when his exuberance — physical and spiritual — made it easy to convince myself it would never happen, and so I would call up Randy ...

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