Today marks the 12th anniversary of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ death.
Jobs died at his Palo Alto, California home on October 5, 2011, due to complications from a relapse of his previously treated islet-cell pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. He died with his wife, children, and sisters at his side. His sister, writer Mona Simpson, described his passing: “Steve’s final words, hours earlier, were monosyllables, repeated three times. Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them. Steve’s final words were: ‘Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.'” He then lost consciousness and passed away several hours later.
Apple CEO Tim Cook in 2022 tweeted about Steve Jobs on the 11th anniversary of his death, writing: “Steve showed us all, again and again, that a great idea really can change the world. Remembering him today and always.”
Steve showed us all, again and again, that a great idea really can change the world. Remembering him today and always. pic.twitter.com/LNPBYjOiLs
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October 5, 2022
There’s lots of ways to be as a person, and some people express their deep appreciation in different ways, but one of the ways that I believe people express their appreciation to the rest of humanity is to make something wonderful and put it out there.
And you never meet the people, you never shake their hands, you never hear their story or tell yours, but somehow, in the act of making something with a great deal of care and love, something is transmitted there.
And it’s a way of expressing to the rest of our species our deep appreciation. So, we need to be true to who we are and remember what’s really important to us. That’s what’s going to keep Apple, Apple: is if we keep us, us. — Steve Jobs
MacDailyNews Take: As always, we miss you, Steve!
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Miss his vision, commitment to excellence, and the building of insanely great products with the end user more in mind than his personal wealth. As was his desire, Steve put a dent in the world, but he also left a hole in our hearts.
Miss you Steve
Yes, we miss the GREAT ONE…
He never left. The first and last thing I do every day is check my iPhone. 📱
I believed in Steve Jobs. I invested in Steve Jobs. Not long after he returned to Apple from Next, I bought thousands of shares of Apple Computer at an average of about $16/share. Never expected what was ahead, but attended MacWorld every January for years. Sold out of most of my Apple less than a year after Steve left – with a greater than 5000% profit. I had a separate successful media career. But his genius changed my life in so many ways. Including my three homes in retirement – North Carolina, Chicago, and Hawai’i. Thanks Steve!