Bertie Carvel: How close have you come to death?

How close have you come to death?

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Recorded Bertie Carvel said elsewhere, not written here

I held my mother’s hand as she passed away.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 October 2021 source ↗

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Michael Flatley American step dancer

My recent battle with cancer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2024 source ↗

Randy Pausch Professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design

Today is a pretty important day. It was August 15th, 2007, when I was told I likely had "three to six months of good health left." Today is six months from that day. Just to prove I'm still alive, here I am, holding today's New York Times! I rode my bike today; the cumulative effects of the chemotherapy are hurting my stamina some, but I bet I can still run a quarter mile faster than most Americans. The doctors weren't wrong; they always said that if the palliative chemo worked, I'd buy more time, but that it was a long shot. And the doctors have done a brilliant job of tweaking my regimen to help my odds. How much longer this will work is hard to know, but I'm going to keep having fun every day I have left, no matter how many or how few of them I get.

Recorded Pausch's own update page on his Carnegie Mellon faculty site, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, 15 February 2008 source ↗

Clara Amfo Broadcaster