Editor’s note: We are running a selection of some of our favorite — best, oddest, warmest — stories from the past few years of the site, starting with this one: arguably the most personal story we ever covered. I wrote this with tears in my eyes. Personally, I think his Stanford Commencement Address (seen below) — and the follow-up articles we ran with so many quotes from those who knew and admired him (here, here, here, and here) — are the best tributes to the impact he had on us all….
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