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Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs Dies at 56

Apple Co Founder Steve Jobs Dies at 56

Steve Jobs — the visionary and entrepreneur who co-founded Apple — one of the world’s most influential and impactful companies — has died at the age of 56 after a seven-year battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer. In 2009 Jobs also underwent a liver transplant. He only took three leaves of absence since 2004, when his cancer was first announced, and stepped down as CEO in August, 2011.

Jobs’ family released the following statement:

Steve died peacefully today surrounded by his family.

In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family. We are thankful to the many people who have shared their wishes and prayers during the last year of Steve’s illness; a website will be provided for those who wish to offer tributes and memories.

We are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve. We know many of you will mourn with us, and we ask that you respect our privacy during our time of grief.

And incoming Apple CEO Tim Cook sent the following email to all Apple employees upon learning of Jobs’ death:

Team,

I have some very sad news to share with all of you. Steve passed away earlier today.

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.

We are planning a celebration of Steve’s extraordinary life for Apple employees that will take place soon. If you would like to share your thoughts, memories and condolences in the interim, you can simply email rememberingsteve@apple.com.

No words can adequately express our sadness at Steve’s death or our gratitude for the opportunity to work with him. We will honor his memory by dedicating ourselves to continuing the work he loved so much.

Tim

The Apple website provides the same contact email address as the one featured in Cook’s letter, for others outside the Apple community wishing to share their thoughts or condolences.

“It boggles the mind to think of all the things that Steve Jobs did,” said Silicon Valley venture capitalist Roger McNamee, who worked with Jobs.

According to an article in NPR, McNamee said that in addition to introducing the world to desktop publishing and computer animated movies, Jobs should be credited with creating the first commercially successful computer:

“Any one of those would have qualified him as one of the great executives in American history,” McNamee says, “the sum of which put him in a place where no one else has ever been before. To me he is of his era what Thomas Edison was to the beginning of the 20th century.”

Jobs was only 21-years old when he co-founded Apple Computer in his garage in Cupertino, California. He was forced out of the company a decade later but returned in 1997 to rescue Apple from the bring of financial ruin. During his second run, Apple grew into the most valuable technology company in the world with a market value of $351 billion. Fox News reports that only Exxon Mobil is worth more.

Fox provides a report touching on some milestones in Jobs’ life:

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  • dcart888
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:14pm

    Thank You Steve,
    Job will done! We will miss you and wonder what you may have created for us had you been on this planet longer.
    (AAPL)
    Dorothy

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    • TH30PH1LUS
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:27pm

      prayers for your family

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    • hypnos
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:50pm

      Great man,visionary and entrepreneur. Our prayers are with your family,friends and the whole apple family.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 9:30pm

      Although i did not care much for apple, Steve did wonderful things for the world of competitive computing. He will be missed by many, my prayers and condolences go out to his family and close friends.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 9:34pm

      I don’t understand how all these really wealthy people end up in regular chemotherapy. Houston, we have a problem.

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    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 9:48pm

      The U.S. lost a huge asset today. This is like Thomas Edison dying.

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 10:59pm

      I didn’t care for his products, his company, or the way he ran his business, but the man was an American citizen. I don’t know of any situations where he advocated against the country, and he provided a thriving business that created thousands of jobs.

      I hope someone competent steps in to fill his shoes.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 11:12pm

      Great job Steve. Too bad you didn’t visit Burzynski when I told you to. Time to short-sell Apple. Look for Apple stocks to fall. I told you to go to Houston Steve and you decided to just die. Farewell old friend. Let me know whose using Windows or Mac.. Heaven or Hell?

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    • Uranium Wedge
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 11:22pm

      He will be missed.
      Thank you Steve.

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    • MIBUGNU2
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 11:26pm

      Me and all My Kids want to Thank You for all the Goodies..
      Gonna’ miss You, God’s Speed !! Mr. Jobs

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    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 12:58am

      This country is facing a real loss of jobs.

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    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:06am

      Obama has killed more jobs than pancreatic cancer!

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    • db321
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:54am

      Well done good and faithful servant. May God comfort those who morn.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 6:48am

      The legend of Steve Jobs will live on for generations. His dignity and bravery was an example to live by.

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    • DNC TALIBAN
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 8:12am

      Rest in peace Steve.

      Just goes to show you, you can have all the money in the world, but when the big man pulls your number it’s time for you to go.

      God bless you Steve, have fun on that big I – PAD in the sky.

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    • Jacque
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 1:59pm

      Any death is sad, prayers to his family. I have to wonder though why aren’t the idiots who hate rich people saying anything, oh yeah he was a lib. The hypocrisy is runnith over…

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    • Katydidnt
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:23pm

      I found out something interesting today. Steve Jobs was actually the son of a pregnant teenage girl who gave him up for adoption. Imagine our loss, if he had been aborted.

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    • Cat
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 5:05pm

      …
      Thank you Mr. Jobs for these:

      Never give up, give out or give in
      Always look over and over
      Failure is to begin
      Never fear an attorney
      Your 56 years

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  • Orwell_Was_An_Optimist
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:14pm

    Thank you for everything, Steve.

    RIP

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    • antiencenom
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:22am

      Send us apples from heaven steve…………………and maybe some Jobs

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    • DanWesson455
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 9:47am

      I never owned a Mac, a IPod, IPhone or a IPad. I understand his contribution to the Tech age. Bless him for all he has done that allowed many to prosper because of his genius. His contributions to his Company and to the many will be missed. Keep on computing Mr. Jobs.

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  • Mojoron
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:13pm

    Fantastic visionary and CEO. There is no other who loved his job more than Steve. While not the easiest person to get to know, he is the epitome of the American dream.

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    • dcart888
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:31pm

      MoJoron What’s with your stinking photo handle?

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    • SquishyBear
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:37pm

      photo seems to be a comentary on where the country is heading under the current administration. ie, USSA

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:51pm

      @dcart888
      It’s (he/she) icon says it all. Conmmie, socialist, Marxist. In other words… Obama.

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  • DanielScott
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:12pm

    We have ALL suffered a great loss today by the passing of Steve Jobs. A true visionary. A technology Genius. He will be remembered for all of eternity. His legacy is forever in our history books.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:15pm

      Amen. God bless and RIP, Mr Jobs….

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 9:56pm

      My first computers were apples..He will be missed

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    • The Giver
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 12:03am

      Yes, Thank you so much for showing us how well the free market works in the hands of a genius. Thank you and may you rest in peace. May your family be comforted by the love and gratitude that is being sent their way. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

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  • vennoye
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:12pm

    He really had a great mind!! Sad to see him lose the battle…prayers for his family.

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    • Eleutheria
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 9:41pm

      It’s amazing he survived pancreatic cancer for 7 years.

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  • types_zane
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:12pm

    Great American story from rags to richs and all the improvements along the way. RIP Steve.

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    • BigdaddyK
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 9:24pm

      Although I’m not glad to hear of Mr. Jobs’ death, I can’t understand how the world has been duped into forgeting that it was the OTHER Steve who was the brains behind Apple. Mr. Jobs had the business savvy for sure, but he wasn‘t the genius he’s cracked up to have been.

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    • Notsureishoulddothis
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 2:45pm

      @BigDaddyK – and you have a need to post this at his death because why …… ?

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    • neocon1
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 6:35pm

      because it is the truth…….

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:11pm

    I hope he made his peace with the Lord before he went but I somehow doubt it…

    He was a good man that made the most out of his ride. But in the end we all walk through that door.

    For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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    • momprayn
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:34pm

      According to Wikipedia, he was a Buddhist until his death. His biological father was a Syrian Muslim…..

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:39pm

      momprayn,

      I hope he had a real zen life then…Because he is not enjoying things at the moment… :-(

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    • grannyjojo
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:41pm

      Your Bible quote is accurate and great. However, you should not state that you SOMEHOW don’t think he was a Christian. Unless you knew the man and what his beliefs were you DO NOT KNOW whether he had accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. Please don‘t judge someone you don’t know, unless you have intimate knowledge or know that he did dispicable things which would show that there was absolutely no relationship and he bore no fruits of a Christian. This man had a great mind and did wonderful things for the computer world which in turn got each one of us right here on the internet. I hope and pray that he DID have a personal relationship with our Lord and went into eternity smiling with a song of praise on his lips. My best wishes and condolences for all who knew him. God bless all. “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess”

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    • MrButcher
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:41pm

      TT,

      You need to be “trained” on this comment and its sentiments.

      Let me try.

      Of course we all die. Death is the ONLY thing life promises.

      I have no doubt that you are a good and honest man. But when you inject your religion into these remberances and appreciations you are acting like a bully.

      A bully because you claim to know something that is unknowable.

      You have every right to think you know what happens when we die but that doesn’t make your thoughts on the matter true or right.

      Without getting into the “value of belief” pertaining to death transcendence and how it relate to human understanding, I just want to nicely tell you that you are wrong.

      and you should think more than you believe.

      cheers

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:50pm

      Whew did I kick an anthill? :-)

      Granny, you write:

      “Your Bible quote is accurate and great. However, you should not state that you SOMEHOW don’t think he was a Christian. Unless you knew the man and what his beliefs were you DO NOT KNOW whether he had accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. Please don‘t judge someone you don’t know, unless you have intimate knowledge or know that he did dispicable things which would show that there was absolutely no relationship and he bore no fruits of a Christian. This man had a great mind and did wonderful things for the computer world which in turn got each one of us right here on the internet. I hope and pray that he DID have a personal relationship with our Lord and went into eternity smiling with a song of praise on his lips. My best wishes and condolences for all who knew him. God bless all. “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess””

      Wow, such a strong reaction! In fact, I did know that Jobs embraced a Buddhist lifestyle. But you are correct that I do not know what his beliefs were at the time of his death. That is why I said I “somehow” doubted he made his peace with the Lord.

      But HOW is that JUDGING him? I do not judge! I commented on what I thought. If he knew the Lord then he is with the Lord. If he did not…That is fact. I seriously doubt he was ever born again. That is my opinion.

      Sorry if that offends you. It is a harsh lesson.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:54pm

      Mr. Butcher,

      My friend. And I mean that sincerely. You write:

      “TT,

      You need to be “trained” on this comment and its sentiments.

      Let me try.

      Of course we all die. Death is the ONLY thing life promises.

      I have no doubt that you are a good and honest man. But when you inject your religion into these remberances and appreciations you are acting like a bully.

      A bully because you claim to know something that is unknowable.

      You have every right to think you know what happens when we die but that doesn’t make your thoughts on the matter true or right.

      Without getting into the “value of belief” pertaining to death transcendence and how it relate to human understanding, I just want to nicely tell you that you are wrong.

      and you should think more than you believe.

      cheers”

      Wrong on what?

      I wrote:

      “I hope he made his peace with the Lord before he went but I somehow doubt it…

      He was a good man that made the most out of his ride. But in the end we all walk through that door.

      For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”

      Is it the Bible verse you do not like? But you do not believe in a soul, so how is that bullying?

      I actually am certain on my beliefs, but of course you cannot understand that. Look at it this way, Jobs is either worm food, he is burning in hell, or he is in heaven. Those are the options. In the first two cases he lost his soul. So how am I wrong?

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    • CatholiConservative
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 9:14pm

      @ grannyjojo, you’re the reason I wish the had a like option on posts- mr jobs was a great man & will be sorely missed

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    • Better Dead Than Red
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 9:20pm

      Butcher,

      Thank you for your post. Bullys of this nature always seem to be rampant in these parts!

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 9:22pm

      BluifoxEd
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 9:13pm

      Shut up
      —————————————–

      Nope :-)

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 9:29pm

      Atheists seem to be awful touchy about death! Why? You simply cease to exist, just turn back into dirt. Nothing but a memory. Gonna happen to us all someday, just a matter of time.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 10:01pm

      So I guess everyone is done shooting the messenger and trying to make me out as the heartless bully?

      But I notice with all the consternation at my post none of you internet warriors chose to address this post on page 2:

      “Guess those Mac commercials are going to go a bit differently now:

      “Hello, I’m a corpse.”

      “And I’m a PC.””

      It remains unanswered and I am the bad guy…

      sheesh…

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    • ZaphodsPlanet
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 10:09pm

      Hey Troll…. your name seems oddly fitting. If you ever wonder what so many other Christians like myself, refuse to step foot in an organized house of worship…and study the bible on our own. it’s because of a-holes like YOU!

      It is NOT your place to judge what becomes of the soul of Steve Jobs, that is for GOD. YOU ARE NOT GOD. We are supposed to judge whether or not people are good or bad, whether we help, befriend or run from them based on these assessments. You’re an embarrassment to Christians in my opinion. Whether or not you go to heaven or hell when your day comes is not up to me, but God. But I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be friends with someone like you.

      I will miss Steve Jobs, he’s been a true asset to humanity and America. The world is a little darker without him in it. GOD BLESS HIM, HIS FAMILY and his CLOSE FRIENDS WHO NOW GRIEVE. Hopefully he learned to avoid trolls like you. You are petty and small.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 10:23pm

      Nope, guess y’all are not done.

      zaphodsplanet your post is sheer ignorance! All you do is verbally beat me up and lie about what I said, then claim you are a Christian!

      How did I judge anyone? Please show me this! You make the claim, now prove it! If anyone is an embarrassment to Christianity it is you! I offer a verse straight from Matthew’s Gospel and you claim I am judging someone? I do not think you study the Bible, I do not think you have spent more than 1 hour this year reading scripture! I could be wrong…But I doubt it.

       
    • trolltrainer
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 10:28pm

      Oh wow! Zaphodsplanet, you call yourself a Christian? You choose to berate me for anything I said here? Just look what YOU wrote!

      “Awe… cry me a stinking river. I say feed the guy bacon and pork chops until he’s sent to hell. He should have a choice of pork or pork every day. Or better yet…. feed him bacon and pork chops, sitting on top of a cafeteria table…. for all the rest of the inmates to see while they eat their $1.60 meal. Maybe they’ll help him get to Allah before June. So sick of hearing crap like this. Guy is a freaking murderer on death row and he’s whining about his food. Who gives a crap?

      So we now know the truth. All those radical muslims are just big fat cry babies. What a coward, it’s too bad we have to wait till June for him to leave. Is snake venom considered Halal?? Did you know that “Halal means ”I like to stick things in my butt”…. in pig latin?”

      YOU wrote that filth! You call yourself a Christian and then say I am an ******* and am petty and small? You filthy hypocrite! Hang your head in shame, you are no Christian. You do not have the slightest clue what Jesus taught.

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    • Classical Liberal
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 11:39pm

      This is for Mr. Baker; the blaze needs to limit the number of posts users can make on a single article.. Certain individuals abuse the comments section.

      Steve Jobs, RIP. Your enthusiasm for your industry and unsurpassed charisma will be missed.

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    • MARCH4HIM
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:21am

      hey class lib
      way to go with the sucker punch..
      It amazes me when the holier than thou christians …That stick up for the scoffers and the people that dont have a problem mocking a christian ,yet they remain silent when a fellow christian get hammered and worse, when they chime in with the ungodly…the “one thing”.. I’ve learned here on the blaze is… there is no sacred cows …And Mr.Jobs is no exception…trolltrainer made an obsevation…
      If your offended …to bad join the crowed ..I cant get trough a story without some smartass saying somthing that doesnt offend me..

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    • beckisnuts.
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 9:27am

      And here we have Trolltrain, spotlighting what a vile, ugly and hateful little smudge of filth he truly is. Well done trolltrain. If there was ever any doubt about what a miserable person you are, it has now been removed.

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    • beckisnuts.
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 9:45am

      Need a chuckle? Look at where our self-proclaimed “Troll Trainer” is caught red handed being… a TROLL! lolol Go halfway down this page – http://www.theblaze.com/stories/could-your-shotgun-soon-be-outlawed/ – Then, click on the name “beckisnuts”….It will take you to Troll Train’s Blaze page. Yes folks, Troll Trainer was out on the Blaze impersonating “beckisnuts” in order to troll the forum for his own entertainment. Busted again Troll train. lolol

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  • Gh0stWrit3r
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:11pm

    I greatly respect his work ethic and his innovation. I pray for his family in this time of mourning!
    With that said…
    “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Mark 8:36
    If he did not trust in Christ as his savior and serve Christ as Lord all that he has done will be but a vapor compared with eternity.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:15pm

      Look at the time stamp on my post above! Coincidence? I think not. Meditate on that verse people.

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    • Stu D. Baker-Hawk
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:25pm

      Could not have said it better. Our time here on Earth is but a blink of the eye. I pray Steve was ‘prepared’ before he left us.

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    • beckisnuts.
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 9:39am

      Ghostwrit3 – people like you are the reason why free-thinkers/atheists are growing in number every day. It’s extremely inappropriate to march out your superstitious scoldings at a time like this. You bible-thumpers who think the nonsense you blindly cling to out of fear is real are a joke.

      wow

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  • Penn
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:11pm

    Steve Jobs hellped more people create better lives for themselves and others than the entire cavalcade of DC pols. We’ll miss you. R.I.P.

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    • Falsegods
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 10:26pm

      Yes. I will miss his happy face, he was so happy to show the world what he visioned.

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  • Gill
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:11pm

    R.I.P MR. Jobs

    I have been using Apple products since the mid 80′s and this man still enhance my business with all is creation… Sir, you are in my prayers and you are my hero.

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  • tcwynn
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:10pm

    A truly great man. Steve Jobs was an example of how if you worked hard on a dream great things will happen.

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  • Pat Alexander
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:10pm

    I’m not an Apple fanboy, but he made a real difference.

    R.I.P. Steve….

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  • broper
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:10pm

    So few people live up to their God given potential. Steve Jobs absolutely did. What an American success story! I hope his family finds comfort in their faith, and in the knowledge that Steve will never be forgotten. God bless them all.

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  • Mop
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:09pm

    I’m sure Occupy Wall St. people are happy that an evil Corporationist is dead. Oh wait, they use Apple products..

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    • Nlitend1
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:59pm

      I was thinking something similar…I was going to say that I bet all the bloodthirsty blazers were happy that a huge democratic campaign donor was dead.

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    • Highland
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 3:32pm

      Perhaps they’re tweeting to one another over their iPhones just how grand and glorious a day it is that another evil “capitolist” is gone.

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  • Properlytoastedbagel
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:08pm

    An amazing American success story. RIP Steve.

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    • ProRef
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:13pm

      Sad, sad day for the tech industry….a true revolutionary….RIP Steve Jobs.

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  • CanteenBoy
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:06pm

    Rest in Peace, Steve.

    I’ve had an Apple since I was 12; I’m 45 now.

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  • Nobar
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:05pm

    Once he resigned it was only a matter of time (that was the reason he left). Sad to see one of the great minds of our time depart. Rest in peace.

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  • vngstr
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:05pm

    His legacy will live on forever. He is and forever will be the king of PC computing. A true capitalist and champion of the United States of America free enterprise system.

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  • Sunkistadora
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:04pm

    Just goes to show that the path to wealth and innovation starts in your garage, not on the sidewalks outside of Wall Street.

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    • Nlitend1
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:18pm

      Actually, for Jobs it started in India where he shaved his head, became a Buddhist and did a bunch of LSD. He truly was a great man.

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  • Johnny916
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:04pm

    This a sad loss for capitalist, geeks, and all around people who loved products by Apple. Steve Jobs is an inspiration because of how his company helped brought computers to a new generation of people and help bring capitalism into a positive light.

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    • Nlitend1
      Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:41pm

      He truly was an amazing capitalist. Did you know that when he reassumed his CEO position for Apple in the 90‘s he discontinued all of Apple’s philanthropic programs? Truly a good business decision.
      We should also not forget that this prototypical capitalist was also a huge liberal; living in the same NYC apartment building as Steven Speilberg and Bono, he was a Clinton guest in the Lincoln Bedroom, and he married Joan Baez. A brilliant capitalist selfish liberal egomaniac buddhist. Just sayin’.

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  • LiberalMarine
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:02pm

    No one had changed consumer electronics more than Steve Jobs, sad to see him go.

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:02pm

    A truly great computer geek and business man. So sad….

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  • TRONINTHEMORNING
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:01pm

    I feel for his family; may God comfort them.

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  • Want our country back
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:00pm

    How sad….. God Bless his soul and help his family….

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  • ireport uderide
    Posted on October 5, 2011 at 8:00pm

    R.I.P. Mr. Jobs.

    A great innovator and gentleman.

    I don’t use your products because of the proprietary nature, but I know now, what a genius looks like.

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    • Shellback
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 7:33am

      RIP indeed.
      I feel like I’m a closet IMAC user since I am MS IT person. I bought an IMAC about 5 years ago and at first I had a hard time adopting to its methodology. Now, I’m hooked. MS is my bread and butter job wise, but I love his products. IMAC…WOW!!! IPhone… WOW!!!! Razor was the blazer until the IPhone changed the game. Steve’s vision may never be realized to its full potential. The firing of Steve and the slump the company went through proved that. Android is just a Myna bird.
      I would like to add as a Christian, may you RIP and your family find comfort in their time of sorrow.

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    • neocon1
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 6:51pm

      the REAL genius was Steve Wozniak, the businessman was Steve Jobs.

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    • neocon1
      Posted on October 6, 2011 at 7:13pm

      Jobs attended Cupertino Junior High and Homestead High School in Cupertino, California. He frequented after-school lectures at the Hewlett-Packard Company in Palo Alto, California, and was later hired there, working with Steve Wozniak as a summer employee.[35] Following high school graduation in 1972, Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Although he dropped out after only one semester,[36] he continued auditing classes at Reed, while sleeping on the floor in friends’ rooms, returning Coke bottles for food money, and getting weekly free meals at the local Hare Krishna temple.[15] Jobs later said, “If I had never dropped in on that single calligraphy course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.”[15]

      In the fall of 1974, Jobs returned to California and began attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club with Wozniak. He took a job as a technician at Atari, a manufacturer of popular video games, with the primary intent of saving money for a spiritual retreat to India.

      Jobs then traveled to India to visit the Neem Karoli Baba[37] at his Kainchi Ashram with a Reed College friend (and, later, the first Apple employee), Daniel Kottke, in search of spiritual enlightenment. He came back a Buddhist with his head shaved and wearing traditional Indian clothing.[38][39] During this time, Jobs experimented with psychedelics, calling his LSD experiences “one of the two or three most important things [he had] don

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