Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor who became a YouTube phenomenon with his "Last Lecture," died Friday, July 25, of complications from pancreatic cancer at age 47. The professor gave his last lecture at the university on Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed auditorium where it was video taped. Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to the audience on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.

Pausch also wrote a book called, The Last Lecture, (get if for $12.95 on Amazon.com). It has been a best seller since it was published in April. It has also been translated into 30 languages with nearly 3 million copies in print.

See below the inspirational video titled "Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams." Over 3 Million people have viewed it since being published in YouTube. In the lecture he urged his students and colleagues to live life to the fullest. At the time of the lecture, Professor Pausch was aware that he had only a few months to live.

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