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I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day I have left.

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Randy Pausch
Age: 47 †
Born: 1960
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: July 25
Computer Scientist
Motivational Speaker
Pedagogue
Professor
University Teacher
Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
Randy Frederick Pausch
Randy F. Pausch
Fun
Left
Keep
Going
Every
Dying

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