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“Last Lecture” professor dead at 47

Knowing — as did his audience — that he was dying of cancer, Carnegie Mellon computer science prof Randy Pausch gave a famous lecture last year called "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams." Pausch succumbed to pancreatic cancer this morning. Full lecture — don't miss the part where he does pushups — below.

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