‘Last Lecture’ Professor, Randy Pausch, Dies

Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who became a national celebrity last year after a lecture he gave became a viral video sensation, died today of complications from pancreatic cancer, CMU reported. He was 47.

Article at Wired.com.
Article in the New York Times

Pausch was the author of the book The Last Lecture

Wikipedia entry for Randy Pausch