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   7/25/08

   Anniepooh

   I am hugely saddened by this. My father died from pancreatic cancer in May, 2006 - just 4 months before Randy Pausch was diagnosed. I've been keeping up with him for quite some time now. The world has just lost a very great soul.

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      7/25/08

      Mark155

      Randy is right that more research needs to be done on this terrible form of cancer. I am glad he got his message out and was able to spend some time with his family.
2. 

   7/25/08

   gtcathey

   He was a great inspiration!

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3. 

   7/25/08

   Dukepro25

   Wow!
   
   Powerful message.

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4. 

   7/25/08

   CreativeJunkie

   I am so saddened by his death. I knew his disease was terminal but you always hold out hope for a miracle.
   
   He left behind a truly inspiring legacy.

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   7/25/08

   timethief

   His passing is sad because he was such an inspiration and we all wished for his healing. The Digg post on his death has an amazing 3710 diggs.

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6. 

   7/25/08

   Mark155

   That's just it. It is hard to believe that someone who is that inspired has to leave us. I was following his updates on his site for many months (which of course is swamped now).

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   7/25/08

   mikeny07

   How come we still have no cure for that disease? I still find it hard to believe with all the great minds in this world that we can fly to the moon, but can't cure a disease we had so many years to find a cure for.
   
   Why can the great minds think of a way to fly in space, but they have no solution for a disease? It makes no sense if you think about it.

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      7/25/08

      Mark155

      Well according to Randy in his testimony to Congress ...
      
      "It is one of the only cancers you can point to and say, in the last 30 years, we've made no progress. That is shameful."
      
      I agree and have no idea why progress has not been made.
8. 

   7/25/08

   kdawg68

   Saw this today and was wondering when we'd get a discussion about it. Very sad news indeed. That speech was unbelievable and one of the better things I've seen passed around the internet. He really made you put things in perspective and appreciate the time we have.

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   1. 

      7/26/08

      Mark155

      Yes, they are little reminders of our mortality and short time on this earth.
9. 

   7/27/08

   Mark155

   I found this interesting info regarding Randy:
   
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   Steve Seabolt, a vice president at video-game maker Electronic Arts and one of Dr. Pausch's best friends, was with him when he died at 4 a.m. today. Dr. Pausch was lucid until near the end, he said, and even went up and down the steps a couple times at home yesterday, "although he had minimal energy."
   
   Dr. Pausch had stopped taking chemotherapy in recent weeks but was investigating a possible vaccine therapy up until the end of his life, Mr. Seabolt said.
   
   "Randy had an enormous and lasting impact on Carnegie Mellon," said university President Jared L. Cohon. "He was a brilliant researcher and gifted teacher. His love of teaching, his sense of fun and his brilliance came together in the Alice project, which teaches students computer programming while enabling them to do something fun -- making animated movies and games. Carnegie Mellon -- and the world -- are better places for having had Randy Pausch in them."
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10. 

    7/27/08

    voodooKobra

    A man who dies without a legacy has died too young, and Randy left one hell of a legacy. His death was tragic, but his life was fulfilling.

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