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Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, considered among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after a year-long and highly public battle with cancer.
Jobs’ health had been a hot topic for years. His battle with cancer had been a deep concern to Apple fans, investors（投资人） and the company’s board alike.
Jobs’ death was announced by Apple in a statement late on Wednesday. The Apple. com homepage featured a black-and-white picture of him with the word s “Steve Jobs, 1955-2011”. A message on the site read, “Apple has lost a creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being”.
“Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless creations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve, ” Apple said in a statement announcing Jobs’ passing.
