Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder, dead at 56

Steve Jobs, who co-founded Apple and revolutionized personal computing, died Oct. 5. He suffered from a rare form of pancreatic cancer.

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Oct. 19, 2011

Staff members hang privacy drapes in the window during a temporary closure of the Apple store in Boston. Apple Inc. closed U.S. retail stores for several hours Wednesday so employees could watch a simulcast of a company-wide celebration of co-founder Steve Jobs's life, which was being held at an outdoor amphitheater at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., a person familiar with the celebration said.

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