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Steve Jobs

Sales clerks work at an Apple store in Manila as a placard mourns the death of Apple co-founder and chairman Steve Jobs (portrait) on October 7, 2011. The world mourned the premature passing of the Apple visionary, who revolutionised computers and transformed modern life with inventions like the iPhone and iPad. Steve Jobs died at 56 of pancreatic cancer on October 5.

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About Steve Jobs

Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (/ˈdʒɒbz/; February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, designer and inventor. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields. Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar.

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