Anyone catch the ABC hour special on the dying professor?

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We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time
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Unfucking real how cool a guy he is

Dude has 3 months to live for past half a year and is smiling nonstop

West coasters check it out at 10PM
 

We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time
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Here is his lecture that got him famous

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THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
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Ya, I think the guy is from Pittsburgh. He has pancreatic cancer I believe. My wifes dad passed away from that at a young age and it is a terrible terrible terrible way to go. Very sad.
 

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Ya, I think the guy is from Pittsburgh. He has pancreatic cancer I believe. My wifes dad passed away from that at a young age and it is a terrible terrible terrible way to go. Very sad.
sad to hear that

This guy is the most upbeat guy ever, on his blog he has a quote "any day you have tumors in your liver and they don't get bigger is a good day!"

here is his blog http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/news/index.html
 

Hey Let Me Hold Some Ends I'll Hit You Back On The
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gf (a telemetry/ER nurse) told me this guy might have been on Oprah as well
 

Oh boy!
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Randy Pausch died today.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/reviews/critics/la-me-pausch26-2008jul26,0,5191339.story

Randy Pausch, a terminally ill professor whose earnest farewell lecture at Carnegie Mellon University became an Internet phenomenon and bestselling book that turned him into a symbol for living and dying well, died Friday. He was 47.

Pausch, a computer science professor and virtual-reality pioneer, died at his home in Chesapeake, Va., of complications from pancreatic cancer, the Pittsburgh university announced.
 

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