Last Lecture Author, Randy Pausch dies at 47
We are truly saddened by the news of Randy Pausch’s passing due to pancreatic cancer. He will be remembered as the computer science professor who rose to fame after giving a quirky last lecture about celebrating life in the face of his terminal cancer. The 47-year-old died at his home in Chesapeake, Va., according to Wall Street Journal columnist Jeffrey Zaslow, who helped launch Pausch to fame after writing about the speech — which also garnered widespread attention when it was posted on YouTube.
When Pausch was offered a deal to write a book expanding on his lecture, Zaslow co-authored the non-fiction title. “The Last Lecture” became a bestseller.
All of us at the Hirshberg Foundation mourn with Randy’s family. We personally understand the pain of losing our loved one to pancreatic cancer and are committed to stand with Randy’s family and the more than 37,000 other families this year that will be touched by pancreatic cancer.
Agi Hirshberg, Founder of the Hirshberg Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research at UCLA Medical Center had this to say about this Randy’s passing:
“I have never personally met Randy Pausch, though his courageous message over the past year has touched millions of cancer patients and humanity. At the Hirshberg Foundation each and every death diminishes all of us, as our mission is to beat the devastation of pancreatic cancer for mankind. With Randy’s death we mourn as a nation and our determination to find the cure becomes an angry challenge!”
Please join our challenge to beat pancreatic cancer. Visit www.pancreatic.org to learn more about this deadly disease and help us save the lives of so many who have much more to say and do. Perhaps today is the day you can do something to help. Join us now and let this moment be a life giving moment for all of us. As Randy said in his Last Lecture, “We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn’t matter. Life is to be lived.”
