“Steve Jobs died at home of respiratory arrest and a pancreatic tumor at about 3 p.m. on Oct. 5, according to his death certificate,” Karen Gullo reports for Bloomberg.
“His occupation was listed as ‘entrepreneur,'” Gullo reports. “The Santa Clara County Public Health Department in San Jose, California, released the document today.”
Gullo reports, “The iconic chief executive officer of the iPhone maker resigned his position Aug. 24. He had been diagnosed in 2003 with a neuroendocrine tumor, a rare form of pancreatic cancer, and underwent a liver transplant in 2009.”
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Apple met with Palo Alto police department days before Steve Jobs’ passing – October 7, 2011
Rest in peace Steve Jobs.
So more private information being disseminated to the public? He died. Let the man rest in peace. He made his mark on the world, a huge mark. We all know why he was sick. We don’t need the death certificate circulated to the public, and neither does his family.
Death Certificates are public domain records just as Birth Certificates.
I believe some states have specific laws where certain information can be redacted from the document to comply with certain laws (such as HIPAA) but the document itself is not considered private to an individual.
Not if your names are Barack Obama or Barry Soetoro. 🙂
Sorry…couldn’t resist
Nor if you’re a racist just itching to get out your white hood and robes and be able to walk around in public without getting your ass kicked.
You should have resisted your urge to thread hijack. Though it’s a forum (and somewhat open) and you’re certainly entitled to your opinions, but that was a poor show of class and taste.
I think that the firs comment was dot on Obama stinks
I’m not even American, and I’m amazed how anybody questions “the birth certificate” gets branded a racist. Ask a first year graphic design student to open it in Illustrator and ask if it’s legit. Then ask a pro.
Yeah, I see that it’s public, but out of respect for him and his family, they didn’t need to report on this. We all know why he died.
I guess maybe it’s still the realization that he’s gone, and this bit of info is just not relevant. BTW I love what Paul said below – the reference to “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”.
Actually, you didn’t know the cause of death until it was officially released. Now you do.
Expecting a site like MacDailyNews to not report such news is the height of idiocy.
No, the “height of idiocy” is naming yourself Superior Being and actually believing it. You need to acquire a little bit of real wisdom, but I don’t see that in your future.
Steve wouldn’t want or like all the attention. He’d tell everybody to move on and do their own work. Not to fuss about his. Too many people live in the past or in someone else’s world. He didn’t want anything to do with fanboys. Enough already, respect has been paid. Move on. Man up.
On Angel’s wings You Crazy One.
I’m glad Steve was able to slip away at home with his family.
Me too Arnold, me too.
Rest easy Steve. X
Let it go
It’s only been 5 days. You give it a rest. People are entitled to mourn the man. I would expect it’ll be a few months (or years?) before we see the emotion die down to normal levels. And THEN you will never stop hearing about Steve Jobs until the end of your own days.
“I’ll be all around in the dark. I’ll be at every Apple keynote and product introduction. Wherever you can look, wherever there’s technology, so people can use it easily, I’ll be there. Wherever there’s a company with an inferior product that needs to be challenged, I’ll be there. I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad at their non-Apple personal tech and behind those who want to make a better solution, urging them to make their best, and then top that. I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re using iPads, when handicapped people smile as their lives improve with Apple technology and devices, and when the people are making a real living and able to afford houses from using Apple products and profiting from our stock, I’ll be there, too.”
He’ll always be there. He’s the Angel of Technology on your shoulder.
Sure.
I recently received an email from Audible.com explaining the modifications made to its App, that the shop link was removed to comply with policy changes by Apple. My automatic thought was “Steve, you gotta relax Apple policies,” and then I realized “oh, man! Steve isn’t with us any more.”
This incident confirms me that I’ll need more than a week to get used to Steve’s absence.
Ouch! That water’s cold. But necessary! Way to go.
‘Visionary extrodinaire’ would have been more fitting IMO.
Shine, on you crazy diamond.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!
The pain and loss are are beyond measure and still all consuming.
MEM, we all feel your pain.
Yes the moment where you forget about it at any particular moment and then suddenly it comes leaping into your consciousness like a bolt of lightning as an unpleasant reminder that Steve Jobs is gone, won’t be coming back, you won’t be able to smile on his keynotes anymore and worst of all, his growing family won’t have their father and husband. It was like that with family members who have passed. Potent is the word for how deeply ingrained the man was for all of us.
When my father died I remember the huge aching void; the tools left idle at a job never to be finished, the shop that was his pride and joy, neatly arranged, now empty, the untended garden. Everywhere emptiness, a flame gone out, leaving only cold, dead ashes. Steve’s passing comes as close to this as anything in the last 30 years of my life.
A Prophet of Technology
Be not sad that he died.
Be happy that he lived.
Thanks. It is a little comforting thinking it that way. But not much.
Has the City of Chicago issued Steve’s voter registration card yet?
All death certificates are public record. Anyone can request any persons
Why medics were not there to treat the respiratory arrest?
Finally, when all that can be done IS done, that’s what happens. The system goes down. It’s sad but at some point medicine can’t help.
In the end, we will all have to face the inevitable.
Steve knew this.
What would extraordinary measure have done except prolong his torment?
Exactly. The ONE good thing from all this sadness is that finally, after many many years, Steven can finally be free from pain and suffering. While he was able to survive his cancer far longer than most, the price of that was surely a lot of pain and suffering that got worse as time went on. Today, for the first time in many years, Steve now is free from pain.
So, he stopped breathing. I think that goes without saying. Nothing new here, let’s move along.
If all of you out there are interested in a nice tribute and some great photos go to people.com. I just downloaded it and found it just as nice if not nicer insome ways than the Time article. Normally I don’t even glance at that type if magazine but when I saw the cover I decided it was well worth the $3.99.
Apologies for the typos and I hope you don’t think I’m pushing a magazine solely for that purpose, I just wanted to let you all know of such a nice tribute to such a wonderful man and his family.
I’ll check it out; thanks for the tip.
Awesome, thank you LynnW!
I’m so glad you liked it. It was so touching and interesting as well at least it was in my humble opinion.
i Quite agree! His struggle has been a personal inspiration to me. Some details I had not known about. And People did a very nice job at putting this together. I also have the TIME edition of the Commemorative Issue of Steve Jobs. It too is very nicely done.
And Steve Jobs made these digital pubs are because of his vision! Thank you so much Steve!
Correction… And Steve Jobs made these digital pubs “Possible”! Because of his remarkable vision we can sit back, without waisting gas, and download these pubs! No trees were killed to read this either! Thank you so very much Steve!
There goes my stupid conspiracy theory..
It’s been almost a week and it still seems surreal to me. I feel a sort of emptiness I didn’t expect, even though I told a friend earlier this year I didn’t think he’d make it to 2012.
I guess it just goes to show when someone’s creations have become such an important part of your life, you feel a real sense of loss even though you never met him (even though i did meet him once).
I fail to see the newsworthiness of this article.
Fluff. Raping the dead. Bleh.
It’s just pointing out how he died. Let the man rest in piece. He was a great person and a hero to many.
In fact, there’s tons of tributes all over the web. http://www.pixt.com/remembersteve has some of the best compiled on one page.
Learn more about the guy and his legions of fans before putting him down!
RIP Steve!