I was so saddened to hear that Randy Pausch passed away on Friday, July 25th. His book "The Last Lecture," as well as his video are so inspirational. What a positive individual. I especially feel for his children. Here is a link to an obituary at the Carnegie Mellon website http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2008/July/july25_pausch.shtml
My mother called me with the sad news--it cast a shadow on this sunny day.