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Computer geniuses — Apple/Pixar co-founder Steve Jobs, left, with Microsoft's Bill Gates at 2007 conference. Jobs died Wed. of cancer after a long illness that began in 2004.

COMPUTER GENIUS MARKETED
iPHONE & iPOD TO THE WORLD

Started Apple in parents’ garage;
became millionaire  by age 25,
multibillionaire not long after

AS CHRONICLED BY THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:

Steve Jobs Dies at 56

The Apple co-founder died Wednesday after years of failing health.

Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who used digital technology to resurrect animated feature films, reshape the music industry and shake up film and television distribution models, died Wednesday. He was 56.

Jobs, a computer genius who, with fellow college dropout Steve Wozniak, built the first Apple computers from the Jobs’ family garage, died in California.

“Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor,” a statement on the official Apple website said. “Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.”

A Buddhist and vegetarian who once handed out bottles of carrot juice to trick-or-treaters, Jobs was diagnosed with the disease in 2004 when he disclosed that doctors had removed a cancerous tumor from his pancreas.  ……

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