Apple chairman has died just over a month after stepping down as CEO of the iconic company he founded
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Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has passed away, the company said Wednesday evening.
Apple posted a simple statement on its site that started:
Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.
Jobs died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 56 years old.
Jobs stepped down as Apple's CEO just over a month ago on Aug. 24 this year. (See Steve Jobs Resigns as Apple CEO.)
— Dan Jones, Site Editor, Light Reading Mobile
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