“Let’s have a moment of silence for the passing of a business giant,” Anders Bylund writes for The Motley Fool.

“Jerry York has left this world behind at the age of 71,” Bylund writes. Among many other accomplishments, York was “a longtime board member at Apple, where he stepped aboard along with Larry Ellison of Oracle during the second coming of Steve Jobs way back in 1997 (not to be confused with the third coming of 2009). He served as chairman of the finance and audit committees until his death.”

Bylund writes, “After losing Google CEO Eric Schmidt to competitive concerns and now Jerry York to a more somber fate in less than a year, it’s high time for Apple to restock the boardroom. But who will get the nods?”

Full article, which throws out the names Tim Cook and Woz, among others, here.

MacDailyNews Take: It’s far too early to discuss possible replacements for Mr. York, but we have the perfect replacement for Eric T. Mole:

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