David Rakoff in "This American Life: The Invisible Made Visible"

David Rakoff performing in "The Invisible Made Visible," a This American Life stage show sent live to movie theaters on May 10th, 2012. The show later became an episode of the radio show. http://www.thisamericanlife.org

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[RanmaruMori]

Made me cry when I first saw this a few months ago, but watching it now makes me cry much more. You will be missed.

[Jasmine Golphin]

"Thanks to my rapidly dividing cells I no longer have that feeling (though I remember it very well) that if I just buckled down to the great work at hand, lived more authentically, stopped procrastinating, cut out sugar, then my best self was just there, right around the corner. Yeah, no I'm done with all of that. I'm done with so many things."

This. This means so very much. Thank you David.

[Eric Orsbon]

He passed away 3 months after this was filmed :(

[CaptainAbbey Abbey]

So much crying. Every damn time.

[buildthedangbike]

Can't help but cry while I watch this. How often does one get to witness such a lovely last dance so up close and gut-wrenchingly personal as this? Thank you Ira, TAL, for making this available.

[imsleepyanddead]

TAL replayed a recording of the show this week, it broke my heart after Ira told us his fate.

[KEVIN SIMMONDS]

Thinking of you, David.

[kiwiincolorado]

Just finished reading, in the sun, the last essay of 'Half Empty', caused me to revisit this video; thanks mate and RIP



[rasputinsghost]

Alas, David.

[SicleOfWhims]

I miss him a lot. Sometimes his voice pops into my head and I think...I wonder what beautiful and bittersweet words he is saying now. I wish I could hear them.

[detectiveschitz]

You know, just beginning to think I missed a trick by never learning to dance.

Ah well. Baseball had its moments.

[theponchoduke]

The song is called, "What'll I do?" It was written by Irving Berlin and has been performed by many different artist. The version that's being played while David is dancing is sung by Nat King Cole.