// IN MEMORIAM //
Sadly, Apple co-founder and chairman Steve Jobs died today after a years long battle with pancreatic cancer. His family released a heart breaking statement saying, in part, that “Steve died peacefully.” He was 56.
Jobs took his third and final leave of absence from Apple back in January and resigned as CEO in August as he was known to be gravely ill. He was most often described as a visionary, but insiders also knew him as a caring, charismatic technologist who was set on changing the world. Mission accomplished. To most, Steve Jobs will be remembered as the business icon who changed the way we experience and enjoy life. What a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
This is an incredibly sad day for the millions of people impacted by his iconic products and inspirational leadership. And his family bears the greatest loss of a husband and father to four. Steve Jobs was a once in a generation kind of guy and he left us far too soon.
Here are links to some notable reactions to his tragic death:
Statement by Steve Jobs’s family
Tribute statement on Apple’s website
Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors
Email to Apple staff by CEO Tim Cook
Statement by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama
Statement by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates
Facebook post by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg
Google+ post by Google co-founder Sergey Brin
Google+ post by Google co-founder Larry Page
Statement by Disney president Bob Iger
Facebook post by Jobs’ former colleagues at Pixar, Ed Catmull and John Lasseter
Statement by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Statement by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg
Obituary by The New York Times
Blog post by AllThingsD co-executive editor Walt Mossberg
Facebook note by Napster co-founder & former Facebook president Sean Parker
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Steven Paul Jobs
1955 - 2011
Technologist, Visionary, iCon.
