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(2017·河北省普高质检)
(Reuters)—Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, who changed the
daily habits of millions by reinventing computing, music and mobile
phones, died of pancreatic cancer(胰腺癌)at the age of 56. Jobs
was surrounded by his wife and immediate family when he died in
Palo Alto, California. Jobs, a Buddhist, was born in San Francisco. He started Apple Computer with friend Steve Wozniak in his parents' garage in 1976.
World leaders, business rivals and fans lamented his passing and celebrated his achievements. Apple loses a
visionary leader who inspired personal computing and worldknown products such as the iPod, iPhone and iPad, which made Jobs one of the greatest industry leaders of his generation. Jobs stepped down as CEO in August 2011 and handed the power to operation's chief Tim Cook.
“The world has lost a genius. 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,” U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement. “For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been a great honor,” said Microsoft's Bill Gates, who once defeated Jobs but has seen the leading status replaced by the Apple cofounder in recent years. Fans paid homage to Jobs outside Apple stores around the world from Los Angeles to Sydney.
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