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Weekly Feature
This weekly feature takes a more personal look at extraordinary people in the Washington area.
Randy Pausch, a prominent computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University who became an instant sensation far beyond the classroom last year when he delivered his inspiring "Last Lecture," knowing he had only months to live, died July 25 at his home in Chesapeake, Va. He was 47.
Johnny Griffin, 80, who was among the finest jazz tenor saxophonists to develop after World War II and whose robust style -- along with his modest height -- earned him the title the "Little Giant," died July 25 at his home in Availles-Limouzine, France, a village about 150 miles southwest of Paris....