'Stand and Deliver' teacher dies of cancer

[Bill Mattocks]

There are people who really make a difference in this world. Mr. Escalante was one of them. RIP, sir.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/03/30/escalante.obit/?hpt=T2

'Stand and Deliver' teacher dies of cancer
By Alan Duke
March 30, 2010 10:08 p.m. EDT

(CNN) -- Jaime Escalante, the math teacher portrayed in the 1988 film "Stand and Deliver," died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, according to the actor who played him.

Escalante, 79, was surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren when he died at his home in Roseville, California, said Edward James Olmos.

Olmos visited Escalante's bedside Monday night, he said.

 

[Carol]

:asian:

May his memory inspire others.

 

[Aikicomp]

:asian:

May his memory inspire others.

Amen, Rest in Peace.

Michael