Steve Jobs’ Death Caused by Respiratory Arrest, Cancer
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (The Blaze/AP) — A copy of Steve Jobs’ death certificate made public Monday indicates that the Apple Inc. co-founder died of respiratory arrest resulting from pancreatic cancer that had spread to other organs.
Jobs died last Wednesday at age 56. Apple did not disclose his cause of death, but Jobs had been in poor health for a number of years.
He battled pancreatic cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems. He took another leave of absence in January – his third since his health problems began – and resigned in August, handing the CEO job over to his hand-picked successor, Tim Cook.
The death certificate, released by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department and obtained by The Associated Press, said Jobs had a metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor for the past five years. It listed his immediate cause of death as respiratory arrest.
He died at his home in Palo Alto. No autopsy was performed, and he was buried on Friday. Details of the certificate were reported earlier by Bloomberg News.
The certificate listed Jobs’ occupation as a high-tech entrepreneur. Jobs started Apple Inc. in his parents’ Silicon Valley garage with friend Steve Wozniak in 1976. Both men left Apple in 1985 – Jobs following a clash with then-CEO John Sculley.
Jobs returned in 1997 as interim CEO after Apple, then in dire financial dire straits, bought Next, a computer company he started. That was the start of Apple’s remarkable turnaround, which continues today with the popularity of products such as the iPhone, iPod and iPad.
Jobs died the day after Apple announced its latest iPhone, the 4S, which will go on sale Friday. Some fans and investors were initially disappointed that Apple didn’t come out with a smartphone that is radically different from the existing iPhone 4. But Apple said first-day pre-orders of the device on Friday topped 1 million – higher than the record set by the iPhone 4 when it was released last year.
Following Jobs’ death, Cook emailed a statement to Apple employees saying Jobs “leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.”
An Apple spokesman declined to comment beyond statements it released last week after Jobs’ death.
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Cindy in CA
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 12:40pmWhy are all of you attacking Steve Jobs? This is a man who dare to dream and think outside the box. He changed the world with his innovations and made it better. We should all follow his example.
Report Post »danenut6
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 12:36pmand under OBAMACARE he would not have received that liver transplant. . .
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 8:29amThe trademark of Apple has always been and is today its ease of use for non techies.
it started with the GUI on campuses around the country.
Therefore jobs knew who his customers were – lefty dummies who think they are smart but are really just arrogant elitist.
Report Post »mad_hatter
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 2:58amI thought it was great how Herman Cain took a leftist icon such as Steve Jobs and used it to show how ridilucous ‘Occupy Wall Street’ really is: http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2011/oct/cain_theologian_chief.html
Report Post »randy
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 12:37amPlease……Enough of Steve JObs already……. I heard he was quite the PRIc% to most of the people he came in contact with.
Report Post »MARCH4HIM
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 10:44amI wonder how many middle age white men, that are battleing cancer,
Report Post »will be “approved” for a organ transplant…
Under……………. OBAMACARE ?
thepatriotdave
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 10:38pmNo, no, no… it was Bush’s fault that Steve Jobs died.
Report Post »Geeesh, you guys gotta get with it and learn to flow with new paradigm. You know, the progressive paradigm that says… “Good is Bad, Filth is Clean, Immoral is Moral, and the Poor should be Rich while the Rich become Poor”!
TomFerrari
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 9:10amNo, it was the TEA Party, silly.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 10:38pmBlazers: Steve Jobs was the CEO of a technology company that makes cutting-edge consumer computer and electronic products. Just thought I’d try to bring you unemployed, broke losers up to speed on this story since most of you have probably never actually seen an Apple product.
thepatriotdave
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 10:40pmBROKER0101… Still trying to educate your progressive friends I see.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 10:43pm@BROKER0101…..So, how do you find the time to think up all your snide comments, since the fantasies of being on your knees under Obamas desk probably consume the majority of your day??
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 12:18amApple…. Oh! I get it now. I thought Steve Jobs was the owner of an orchard. Thanks for clearing that up. Thanks for enlightening me…BROKE.
Report Post »ReadItToday
Posted on October 10, 2011 at 10:36pmAnd Sarah Palin picked the same day to announce that she’s not running. What gives? Is this story actually causing people to drop out of the race?
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