Steve Jobs? Just Six Weeks To Live?
- Posted on February 17, 2011 at 2:15pm by
Mike Opelka
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Three file photos, from left, Jan. 2010, July 2010 and Oct. 2010, show Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
It was just one month ago that we reported (along with most of the media) that Apple CEO Steve Jobs was taking his third medical leave in a seven year period.
As Mr. Jobs and other leaders in America’s high tech businesses are meeting with the President today in California, there is a report circling the globe that Apple’s iconic CEO is very ill and may have as little as six weeks to live.
A February 8th National Enquirer story that included the grave speculation from doctors analyzing photos of a very skinny Jobs leaving the same cancer clinic where Patrick Swayze was treated in his battle against pancreatic cancer. The tabloid reports Dr. Gabe Mirkin’s analysis;
“He is terminal. What you are seeing is extreme muscle wasting from calorie depravation, most likely caused by cancer.”
Dr Samuel Jacobson who works in critical care is reported to have seen the photos and said that Steve Jobs looked to be “close to terminal” adding “I would say he has six weeks.”
Much of what is reported in supermarket tabloids like the Enquirer rarely gains traction outside the gossip world, but we are seeing this story popping up in other media outlets like The Times of India and Toronto Sun.
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Comments (139)
ultraman
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:03pmI’ll pray for him and his family.
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:46pmIt seems to me that it’s always better just to wait for the truth and not to speculate on rumors!
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:51pmLike Obama’s citizenship?
I’m sorry, I had to.
Report Post »-KACK-
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:07pmwhether Obama was born in the USA or not doesn’t really matter. What matters more is where you grow up. He spent a lot of his impressionable years growing up in places that hate the USA and i think he identifies more with them than he does with us.
I troll Huffington Post and enjoy pushing their buttons, so you are welcome here as far as i’m concerned jar head.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:13pmGood, we have to keep each other on our toes.
Report Post »Stratocaster
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:44pmGreat guy, I met him in LA about 15 years ago. Very inspirational. Prayers to you Steve!
Report Post »Bronco II
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:41pmMany prayers to you and your family.I pray GOD will keep pain as far from you and other who suffer with cancer.All things are possible with GOD thru prayer.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:37pmOh, man… the poor guy. We can always pray for a miracle.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:32pmPrayers for no pain.
Report Post »tweetybird
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:31pmThis is sad. I truly hope that someone he knows will tell him the good news of Jesus Christ. I will pray for healing….but most of all for salvation (John 3:16).
Report Post »M.Rapp
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:27pm@ProgressiveLiberalMarine,
Agree, I don’t care if you are Obama himself…..never wish harm on anyone who God had created. God created all on Earth because he loves them…even to the end. This is what should separate us from those leftist socialists. (Not bad for my first post, huh? :))
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:31pmThanks, some people on this site may assume that I wake up in the morning and eat, drink, and sleep socialism (false) but to make fun of someone dying of cancer is never right.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:57pmlighten up and get off your high horse…..it’s not like he was your personal friend
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:06pmI never thought it was a high horse to tell someone not to make fun of a potentially dying man.
That should be a medium height horse at the most.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:27pmAlthough The Enquirer gets trashed as being inaccurate by so called “respectable” media all the time, my understanding is that they are a heck of a lot more on the money than ever given credit for.
Report Post »catndahat
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:26pmSorry to hear he is so ill–I hope he recovers. Money doesn‘t buy you everything that’s important in life.
Report Post »Cowoak
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:26pmI hope the best for him and his family.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:24pmMy heart goes out to him and his family. May God be gentle with him.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:21pmHow long have they been working on a cure for cancer? I don’t care much for him, but I don’t want to see anyone die. I’m sure someone will come in to fill his shoes. I don’t know if he has family or not.
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:37pm@Lantern: It is one thing that is inevitable, I do pray that he finds peace in the fact that he will be moving on into another fact of his life. You see people really don’t “Die” they just can’t have contact with those of us on this side of the Dimensional side of existence. Even Buddhism believes in an after life and if the Bible as translated is true to its words then there is a place that he is going to where he will be waiting for what is called “Judgement Day”. I do not judge the man since I don‘t know the man’s private life and beliefs, he will have to stand up for himself on that day as will myself.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:53pm@1TrueOne55
Report Post »Can‘t say I don’t disagree :-)
dealer@678
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:21pmI think he may be Buddhist. That would be even sadder. Hope im wrong
Report Post »shannyg
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:53pmHopefully he isn’t a judgemental jerk.
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:03pmPeter Jennings was reportedly a Buddhist (sp?) and a Nurse told him about Jesus; Jennings accepted Jesus’ as his Savior, it was told. I pray Steve Jobs is known by our LORD. Eternity is FOREVER. Heaven or Hell, we all get to decide for ourselves.
Report Post »takingonissues.com
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:18pmIf it is true we just hope and pray that Steve has prepared himself to meet his maker. http://www.takingonissues.com
Report Post »dancermommd
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:18pmHe looks the same to me in all those pictures.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 5:12pmagreed. and for a doctor to be like “hmm, judging from that photo, that looks to me like terminal cancer”. doesn’t add up, no doctor would ever presume anything from a photograph.
Report Post »smitty805
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:17pmNO ONE should die of cancer, it’s a horrible way to die. Prayers go out to Steve Jobs…
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:35pmAgreed.
Report Post »I will always thank him for saving Pixar.
ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:16pmSeriously People? Want to get some more Americans to your side, don’t post stuff like that.
Report Post »DVT
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:35pmO please spare us your phoney, BS…where are you when people say HORRIBLE things about Sarah Palins Down syndrome son…move on Phoney!
Report Post »-KACK-
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:42pmI’m conservative and Apple fanatics drive me crazy, but i totally agree with you. Who spits in the face of the dying man? Idiots do. I don’t mind idiots setting themselves on fire, but please do it somewhere else.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:44pmActually, I was in Boot Camp. Where were you?
Report Post »-KACK-
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:51pmI was in boot camp….22 years ago. DVT – I want to give you props for ending your statement with a pun. But two wrongs don’t make a right.
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:58pmI just thought it was interesting that DVT automatically assumed I made fun of Sarah Palin’s handicapped child. Honestly, it never came up in a conversation I had and if anyone had made disparaging comments about it, or anyone with a disability for that matter, I would like to hope that the people I associate with would set that person straight.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:13pmBetter get to work on that I-pancreas Steve.
TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:53pmoh wow, lol, that’s bad
Report Post »Edgar Bennet
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:10pmHope he comes to peace w/ things b4 the end …
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 7:06pmEdgar, he is still alive!
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 7:07pmEdgar Bennet….not like the running back Edgar Bennet? Good grief!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:10pmIf its true,
Report Post »after meeting Obama, he’ll have even lesser time
SilentReader
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:09pmSad.
Report Post »roxee
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:54pmPrayers to him, and his family!
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:56pmThere is a cure google the germ that causes cancer. What a shame these folks just listen to the docs. Also google Dr. Tulio Simicinni . Folks there are alternatives, we have been programmed to believe if you wear a white coat and have letters at the back of your name they are the supreme knowledge. NOT.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:41pmTennesseeConservative, you’re not allowed to use Google here per Beck.
Thanks Steve, I kicked of my career writing machine language on a 6502.
Peace
Report Post »Annie Fields
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:09pmAnd Elvis is alive and well…
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:09pmRich Communist Never die,They start Organizations.
Report Post »Edgar Bennet
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:19pmI made my well wishes in another post BUT since others are jesting i’ll insert mine;
Great we’re eliminating even more Jobs
Report Post »Clive
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 5:10pmedgar… that… was…
Report Post »pretty funny.
LLATPOH
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:07pmHoping for the best for him. A revolutionary in technology, and brought some great ideas into this world.
Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:17pmWow who would have guessed, I pray it turns around for him and is family.
Report Post »timm84
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:21pmTime to short apple’s stock…he dies i bet they lose no less than 25% off the stock price
Report Post »Stark
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:28pmSay what you will about Apple, but Jobs was a technological force throughout his life. Though most of their hardware is built outside the US, his company is an American treasure – the innovations happened here
Report Post »tommee
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:29pmTIMM84… you say:
“Time to short apple’s stock…he dies i bet they lose no less than 25% off the stock price”
You are lower than the worst scum on earth! No feeling for the man and his family?
Dirt ball.
NickDeringer
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:30pmI pray that at some point he makes peace with God.
In the mean time” AAPL – Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:33pm@ timm84
Report Post »I think they should bring back the Woz to Apple !
solaveritas
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:35pmThanks, Steve. You were several things:
1. An American success story.
2. A counterbalance to Microsoft
3. An American “comeback kid”.
4. An American
I hope the rest of the country pays attention to the “electronic soup” we live in day to day, and makes adjustment for it. Like Madame Curie, Steve worked in the labs so long it got to him.
God bless your family, Steve.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:37pmHe looked to be sick to me,I hope it is not cancer I have seen so many people die of that horrible disease and it is an awful death, You guys were right he was a revolutionary along with his partner “Woz” they really made a difference in our lives.If this is true I hope he has made his peace with God,
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:52pm@CHEEZWHIZ
Report Post »Woz was the real brains behind the Apple II computer anyway. He just doesn’t have the people skills that Jobs does. Woz was the brains, Jobs was the businessman. I read Woz’s book.
avenger
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:54pmit never fails to amaze me ,with all the billions this guy has and he chose the fda killing machine…
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:58pmi‘m sure there is a cure for cancer but there wouldn’t be any profit in selling the cure
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:09pmVery sad news, hopefully he will be able to make the best of the time he has left. God bless him and his family.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:09pm@ cheezwhiz
Timm84 is merely stating the obvious. Don’t take me wrong. I feel for his family, but what he said is 100% accurate.
Report Post »mcfinch
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:10pmI have been praying for him hope he feels better soon.
http://politicalbowl.com
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:19pm@ @leftfighter
Report Post »I’m sure Jobs will be fine and live a long life. He just started work on his new house. This NI story is wrong.
rodamaa
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:29pm@CHEEZWHIZ
>>Woz was the real brains behind the Apple II computer anyway.
Yes, he was the engineering geniuses but Jobs was the business innovator. Back then with limited resources and a hair brain idea Jobs needed Woz. He would not had made it because he lacked the technical skills to make the darn thing worked. To put it another way, Jobs dreams and Woz implements. Woz was a master of making magic with Flip-Flops, and gates and power transistors but he lacked the long term vision. People like Jobs and Gates are visionaries that can rise above the details and see the big picture or beyond where others can see.
Back then they were tailor made for each other but later when the company got traction it could hire many engineers with lots of skills. Even if Woz was better technically, it did not matter because the company could hire 100 of them to get the job done faster and better–or so the story goes. I know this because I made the same mistake in my carrier thinking the technical ability made me something special and later came to realize that this was not true. Back in my day, schools were turning out young engineers at a fantastic rate and as a results, were a dime a dozen but a visionary like Bill Gate or Steve Jobs are truly rare.
Woz, was in everyway that mater a Michael Angelo of the electronic tinkering but in today’s what he did then can be done in a blink of an eye by a computer. Woz was not even a good manager or business person. Don’t get me wrong I love the guy but this is just the facts.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:35pmMay the Lord Almighty grant strenght to him and his family, a healing hand to his condition, and skill and wisdom from above for those who are treating him at any time. May providence show kindness and mercy to all his relations and friends to aid him and be with him in this time of trials for him.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 4:38pmHe really is remarkable.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 5:09pmDr Samuel Jacobson who works in critical care is reported to have seen the photos and said that Steve Jobs looked to be “close to terminal” adding “I would say he has six weeks.”
Report Post »——
so this is a doctor, who has never actually worked with the patient, hasn’t seen his chart, his tests, scans, etc… he is judging this just by a photograph someone showed him? this is the shottiest work on the blaze yet.
jhaydeng
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 5:39pmOther than my wife, who really reads that magazine for TRUE information?Maybe Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster!
Report Post »Tomr
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 6:19pmCome on Blaze, this is tabloid BS. I don’t check this blog daily to find the latest in the rumor mill.
Things must be slow today.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 6:24pmTOMMEE wrote:
TIMM84… you say:
“Time to short apple’s stock…he dies i bet they lose no less than 25% off the stock price”
You are lower than the worst scum on earth! No feeling for the man and his family?
Dirt ball.
__________________
First of all, this hardly constitutes being the worst scum on earth. I’ve seen comments that have been far more insensitive.
Report Post »Secondly, there is some truth in what the previously poster wrote.
Life will go on, as will business, even after the passing of Jobs, whenever it may be. Though insensitive, seeing how this may all be speculation, it also makes one wonder what will happen to Apple after Jobs is gone.
JJ Coolay
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 6:28pmBy the way… I don’t see much of a change in the 3 pictures. Is there supposed to be a regression? I’m not seeing it.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 11:24pmSorry to hear about that.. I was hoping for the best for him.. However 6 weeks was given on a photo?? Were the numbers on his forehead or something where only doctors can see them?? How about we leave his time here up to GOD.. Prays will help too..
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 11:38pmEven Rich people Die, I hope he is right with God.
Report Post »TruthLover
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 11:51pmYou can’t take it with you, I hope he has treasures in heaven.
What a farce – some doctor looks at a photograph and gives a death sentence? He should be ashamed.
Report Post »democratgirl
Posted on February 18, 2011 at 11:02amThe question is, if most of Apple’s hardware is built OUTSIDE THE USA, then why is Apple SO EXPENSIVE (twice what a Microsoft PC is)? I do not wish this man any ill will and I really hope he gets his life in order to meet his maker, but it seems to me we are praising someone who refused to have its hardware product built right here in America. Actually, I do like Apple better because its O/S is clean and secure unlike Microsoft’s, which is so full of holes, it could be sold as swiss cheese. But, why is it so darn expensive to own if it’s built elsewhere? Mmmmmmm…….
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