# Steve Jobs dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733 "2011-10-05T23:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/1 "2011-10-05T23:40:34Z")
My husband just called me and told me. Confirm? ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/2 "2011-10-05T23:41:13Z")
It’s on the front page of the NY Times web site. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/3 "2011-10-05T23:42:55Z")
RIP Steve. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/4 "2011-10-05T23:43:06Z")
> **[Remembering Steve Jobs - Apple](https://www.apple.com/stevejobs/)** > > 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. Steve leaves behind a company that... “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. Steve leaves behind a company only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.” ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/5 "2011-10-05T23:48:10Z")
There’s an app for that ☹ RIP Steve. You will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/6 "2011-10-05T23:50:24Z")
Somehow I knew this was coming today. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/7 "2011-10-05T23:51:59Z")
[http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/apple-says-steve-jobs-has-died/2011/10/05/gIQAS3ISOL\_story.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/apple-says-steve-jobs-has-died/2011/10/05/gIQAS3ISOL_story.html) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/8 "2011-10-05T23:55:26Z")
Wow. I always thought he was an arrogant bastard, but he gave the world the Macintosh, which certainly changed my (and millions of others) life. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/9 "2011-10-05T23:55:36Z")
What a ride. Talk about leaving a legacy. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/10 "2011-10-05T23:56:02Z")
That was a real shocker. Such a reminder of mortality when you think of someone having more money than you can ever spend but suffering from something for which there’s no cure? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/11 "2011-10-05T23:57:21Z")
Wow - I had no idea he was actually that sick. RIP Steve. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/12 "2011-10-05T23:58:11Z")
From my beloved MacBook to the Great Beyond, RIP, Steve! ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/13 "2011-10-06T00:01:05Z")
I am so sorry. My aunt worked for him in the early days and loved that Apple was willing to hire senior workers. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/14 "2011-10-06T00:02:09Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Wow - I had no idea he was actually that sick. I kind of figured that when he retired again it was because he knew that this was coming. Still sad though. Too young. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/15 "2011-10-06T00:02:14Z")
☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dusty\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba8739/32.png) [@Dusty\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty_Rose)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/16 "2011-10-06T00:02:47Z")
I’m surprised by how surprised I was to hear this. Somehow I thought he’d never die? At any rate, may he rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/17 "2011-10-06T00:03:24Z")
One of the giants of our time, rip steve Declan ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/18 "2011-10-06T00:04:28Z")
RIP, Steve. The whole world is a better place for having you in it, which is not something a lot of us will get to say. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/19 "2011-10-06T00:04:40Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Wow - I had no idea he was actually that sick. > RIP Steve. I feared that he was. My spouse used to work in the iPod team (he actually got an iPod handed to him by SJ when his group got free ones for bonuses several years ago), and he used to tell me stories (all secondhand, of course, but close-ish secondhand) about how much of a workaholic he was, and how deeply involved with the products he was. I was very afraid that if he stepped down, that meant that we wouldn’t have him with us much longer. It sucks that I was right. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/20 "2011-10-06T00:08:28Z")
R iP. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733.md?page=2)