Steve Jobs Dies at 56

Apple Inc co-founder and visionary CEO up to August 24 2011 has passed on aged 56 years old. Jobs was born in San Francisco in 1955 by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View, California, who named him Steven Paul. He leaves behind his wife Laurene Powell Jobs and their four children.He was also served as the CEO of Pixar animation studios and a Director of the Walt Disney Company in 2006.Under his leadership Apple Inc. has been a technological giant in the computer and mobile handset industry for many decades as well as being an innovative company that has produced revolutionary gadgets such as the iphone and ipad. There is also the successful line of Apple computers which run on MAC operating systems.
Jobs was a successful inventor and was either primary inventor or co-inventor of 338 US patents or patent applications related to a wide range of technologies. he is described as many as one of the greatest American innovators who wasn't afraid of thinking differently and had a vision of changing the world.

Jobs announced to his employees that he had been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his pancreas in mid 2004. Job had stated that he had a rare and far less aggressive type known as islet cell neuroendocrine tumor.He initially resisting the idea of conventional medical intervention and embarked on a special diet to thwart the disease. Later on in July 2004, Jobs underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy (also known as "Whipple procedure")  that appeared to successfully remove the tumor.during this period Jobs  did not require nor receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
Numerous messages of condolence have poured in from millions of people all over the world to the extent of crashing down some social media sites like twitter. messages have also come from prominent personalities such as US president Barrack Obama, Microsoft Co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates, Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg amongst others