Apple's Jobs killed by cancer that spread
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October 12, 2011, Wednesday
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APPLE co-founder Steve Jobs died as result of pancreatic cancer that spread to other organs, according to a death certificate made public this week.
He 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 health problems began - and resigned in August, handing the chief executive's job to his hand-picked successor, Tim Cook.
The death certificate, released by the Santa Clara public health department, said Jobs had a metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor for the past five years.
He died at his home in Palo Alto. There was no autopsy and he was buried on Friday.
The certificate listed Jobs's occupation as a high-tech entrepreneur. Jobs started Apple in his parents' Silicon Valley garage with friend Steve Wozniak in 1976. Both men left Apple in 1985 - Jobs following a clash with then-chief executive John Sculley.
Jobs returned in 1997 as interim chief executive after Apple, then in financial straits, bought Next, a computer company he started. That was the start of Apple's remarkable turnaround, which continues with the popularity of the iPhone, iPod and iPad.
Jobs died the day after Apple announced its latest iPhone, the 4S. Some fans and investors were initially disappointed Apple did not launch a smartphone radically different from the existing iPhone 4. But Apple said first-day pre-orders topped 1 million - higher than the record set by the iPhone 4 when it was released last year.
He 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 health problems began - and resigned in August, handing the chief executive's job to his hand-picked successor, Tim Cook.
The death certificate, released by the Santa Clara public health department, said Jobs had a metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor for the past five years.
He died at his home in Palo Alto. There was no autopsy and he was buried on Friday.
The certificate listed Jobs's occupation as a high-tech entrepreneur. Jobs started Apple in his parents' Silicon Valley garage with friend Steve Wozniak in 1976. Both men left Apple in 1985 - Jobs following a clash with then-chief executive John Sculley.
Jobs returned in 1997 as interim chief executive after Apple, then in financial straits, bought Next, a computer company he started. That was the start of Apple's remarkable turnaround, which continues with the popularity of the iPhone, iPod and iPad.
Jobs died the day after Apple announced its latest iPhone, the 4S. Some fans and investors were initially disappointed Apple did not launch a smartphone radically different from the existing iPhone 4. But Apple said first-day pre-orders topped 1 million - higher than the record set by the iPhone 4 when it was released last year.
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