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www.TheMeck.comWednesday, October 05, 2011
Appreciation: Jobs was larger than life - USATODAY.com - Edward C. Baig - Jobs was larger than life, after all, the brilliant charismatic executive, pitchman, and visionary whose powerful force field somehow burst through every Macintosh, every iPhone, every Apple product I ever touched.
Steve Job dies: Apple founder Steve Jobs, 56, dies after eight-year battle with pancreatic cancer | Mail Online - Pres Obama: 'The world has lost a visionary,' he said. 'And there may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.
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Within minutes of his death being confirmed, tributes to Jobs began flooding the web, led by President Barack Obama, who tweeted: 'Rest in peace, Steve Jobs. From all of us at #Obama2012, thank you for the work you make possible every day - including ours.'
Mr Obama later gave a fuller statement, in which he praised Jobs as a 'visionary' who was 'bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.'
'The world has lost a visionary,' he said. 'And there may be no greater tribute to Steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.
'Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to Steve's wife Laurene, his family, and all those who loved him.'
He added: 'Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last. Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045842/Steve-Job-dies-Apple-founder-Steve-Jobs-56-dies-year-battle-pancreatic-cancer.html#ixzz1ZxwG0Gps
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2045842/Steve-Job-dies-Apple-founder-Steve-Jobs-56-dies-year-battle-pancreatic-cancer.html#ixzz1ZxwG0Gps
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