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Message: <blockquote data-quote="surfall" data-source="post: 11080150" data-attributes="member: 361478"><img src="http://images.apple.com/home/images/t_hero.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Steve Jobs, co-founder and former chief executive of US technology giant Apple, has died at the age of 56.         Apple said his  "brilliance, passion and energy were the source  of countless innovations  that enrich and improve all of our lives. The  world is immeasurably  better because of Steve".         Jobs announced he was suffering from pancreatic cancer in  2004.US President Barack Obama said that with his death, the world had  "lost a visionary".      "Steve was among the greatest of  American innovators - brave  enough to think differently, bold enough to  believe he could change the  world, and talented enough to do it," said  Mr Obama.         Microsoft boss Bill Gates said Jobs' "profound impact" on the  world of technology would "be felt for many generations to come".         Mr Gates added: "For those of us lucky enough to get to work   with him, it's been an insanely great honour. I will miss Steve   immensely."And New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that "America lost a   genius who will be remembered with Edison and Einstein, and whose ideas   will shape the world for generations to come". Life of Steve Jobs<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Born in San Francisco in Feb 1955 to university students Joanne Schieble and Syrian-born Abdulfattah Jandali</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Adopted as a baby by a Californian working class couple</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Had a summer job at Hewlett-Packard while at school - later worked at Atari</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Dropped out of college after six months and went travelling in India, where he became a Buddhist</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Launched Apple with school friend Steve Wozniak in 1976 and the first Apple computer the same year</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Left Apple amid disputes in 1985 but returned in 1996 and became CEO in 1997</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Bought Pixar animation company in 1986 for $10m</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Married in a Buddhist ceremony in 1991 - has three children with his wife and a daughter from a previous relationship</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Had a personal wealth estimated at $8.3bn (£5.4bn) in 2010</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, and after three periods of sickness leave, resigns as Apple CEO in August 2011</li> </ul>- BBC</blockquote>

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