Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died of cancer at the age of 56. Jobs, who has been battling cancer since 2003, stepped down as CEO in August citing the difficulty of continuing in that position as he struggled with illness. Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft and Jobs longtime rival issued a statement expressing his condolences to Jobs family and friends. Google s Sergey Brin, cofounder of Google, expressed condolences on behalf of Google. Steve, your passion for excellence is felt by anyone who has ever touched an Apple product, he wrote.
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