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Steve Jobs Dies at Age 56: Apple Confirms

by NowPublic Staff | October 5, 2011 at 03:37 pm

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Steve Jobs is Dead at 56

Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and Pixar, has passed away at age 56 on October 5, 2011, after recently stepping down as Apple CEO. Steve Jobs transformed Apple from a fringe player in the personal-computing game to the primary force in gadget and computer design and UI.

Steve Jobs is survived by his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, and four children.

Apple confirmed Steve Jobs' death, saying, "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts."

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Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and Mac fans reacted almost instantly to the news of Steve Jobs' death. Apple is asking fans to email their thoughts, memories and condolences to rememberingsteve@apple.com.

Steve Jobs has struggled with his health over the past several years, and has been the subject of numerous death rumors. Jobs had spoken of a desire to "make a dent in the universe", and he managed to do exactly that.

Born in San Francisco to Joanne Carole Schieble and Syrian immigrant Abdulfattah Jandali and then put up for adoption, the guy in the black turtleneck and dad jeans brought you the mouse and the multi-touch screen: the click and the tap that is replacing it.

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at 16:27 on October 5th, 2011

This is a breaking story, and will now show up on the home page for four hours. If new developments justify it, I'll renew this flag for another cycle.

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at 19:18 on October 7th, 2011

I'm in shock..

Ex-Apple CEO Steve Jobs Has Died

Remembering Steve Jobs, the man who saved Apple

If you would like to share your thoughts, memories, and condolences, please email rememberingsteve@apple.com

http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/

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Anila Khan (not verified)

at 07:25 on October 6th, 2011

The Apple co-founder Steve Jobs sudden demise causes a deep void in the field of modern innovative technology which appears difficult to be filled, and he will continue to live in people's memory with having digitally so enabled them as to make lives and ideas more intimately communicable. With products like I-phone and I-pod, it was jobs who had transformed the personal computer device into being really a multi-media technological miracle, encompassing the fields of voice communication, entertainment and visual treat, blurring the dividing lines of actual mundane life and virtual reality. May God bless his soul a serine peace.

YankeeJim

at 14:54 on October 7th, 2011

Thanks for the front page treatment for Steve Jobs. The flags should be lowering to half staff, IMO. He was an inspiration to many of us.

James A. George, former Publisher, Infosystems Magazine

kimberlystanton

at 02:55 on October 10th, 2011

Also, he never did use his education to be able to achieve all of this. He was a college dropout. He was basically learning new things because he was passionate about it and not because it was taught by a university.
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