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But I want her to grow up knowing that I was the first man ever to fall in love with her. I'd always thought the father/daughter thing was overstated. But I can tell you, sometimes, she looks at me and I just become a puddle.

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Randy Pausch
Age: 47 †
Born: 1960
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: July 25
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