Randolph (Randy) Frederick Pausch:
(Baltimore, 23 October 1960 – Chesapeake, 25 July 2008).
American computer scientist specialising in virtual reality and human-computer interaction. He gained worldwide fame for the way he dealt with pancreatic cancer, a disease from which he died at the age of 47.
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