'Last lecture' author Randy Pausch dies
Randy Pausch, the charismatic young college professor who chronicled his battle with pancreatic cancer in a remarkable speech widely-known as the ``Last Lecture,'' has died.
Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor, who garnered international acclaim for his ``Last Lecture'' at Carnegie Mellon University, which he delivered just weeks after it became known that he had incurable pancreatic cancer, has died at the age of 47.