Randy Pausch’s "Last Lecture" is an experience that will change your life forever. He’s the professor from Carnegie Mellon University that is dying of pancreatic cancer. The "Last Lecture" that he gave to his class has become the stuff of legends and deservedly so. Much like the lessons that Morrie taught us in "Tuesday with Morrie", Randy shakes us all to our inner core with an eye-opening and heart-wrenching talk about the meaning of life, not death. He talks about dreams and love and the joys of living life to the fullest. It is an unbelievably moving experience so brace yourself.
Randy has published a book called "The Last Lecture" which chronicles his amazing life. Here’s his website and the transcript.
Here is the full Oprah show which includes a 12-minute scaled down version of his last lecture as well as an interview with Randy who shares how he learned about his cancer and much more with Dr. Mehmet Oz and Oprah.
Here is the complete and actual "Last Lecture" that Randy gave to his last class at the Carnie Mellon University. It is well-worth the 1 hour 44 minutes!
***Latest Update***
Randy finally passed away on Friday 7/25/08. Even though we all knew it was coming, it was still a crushing blow. I shared the news immediately on Twitter and it spread like wildfire.
Here’s what Randy did at the end of his life
He gave a powerful and important speech on March 13, 2008 to the Labor, Health & Human Services Subcommittee on behalf of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Here’s an excellent four part interview on Good Morning, America from April.
Randy gave a surprise commencement speech at Carnegie Mellon University on May 18, 2008
