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"Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch" was an American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Pausch learned that he had pancreatic cancer in September 2006, and in August 2007 he was given a terminal diagnosis: "3 to 6 months of good health left". He gave an upbeat lecture titled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams/The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" on September 18, 2007, at Carnegie Mellon, which became a popular YouTube video and led to other media appearances. He then co-authored a book called The Last Lecture on the same theme, which became a The New York Times/New York Times The New York Times Best Seller list/best-seller.

Pausch died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008.

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