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RIP Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch, the computer scientist whose "Last Lecture" about facing terminal cancer was an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died today at 47. Here's a heartbreaker, if you're prepared to shed a few tears. It's Pausch addressing the Carnegie Mellon University graduating class of 2008. His first words: "I'm glad to be here today. Hell, I'm glad to be anywhere today." He was really an inspiration of how to die -- and live -- bravely.
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