From the Google Blog:
Goodbye to Randy Pausch, a great teacher
7/26/2008 10:25:00 AM
Randy Pausch, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University and a good friend of Google, passed away last night. In addition to being recognized as a pioneer in virtual reality research, he became widely known as a gifted teacher and a mentor to many. Millions of people saw his inspiring Last Lecture on YouTube. Read more about Randy and his contributions on our Research Blog.
If you haven’t seen “The Last Lecture” please do – you won’t be sorry. If you do not have access to YouTube – watch it on google video. You can also buy it in book form.
His family has my prayers – I liked him and never met him.