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Jobs: My Death ‘Greatly Exaggerated’
September 09, 2008 2:29 PM
ABC News’ Scott Mayerowitz reports: Steve Jobs is alive! Well, he was never dead, but some news hounds might have noticed his obituary the other day. On Aug. 27, the Bloomberg financial newswire updated its lengthy Jobs obit and, well, somebody by mistake hit the publish button.
So, today, as Jobs outlined Apple's latest lineup of iPods and changes to its iTunes store, he decided to have a little fun.
As he walked onto the San Francisco stage, a large message flashed behind him: "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
Well, at least somebody still reads up on their Mark Twain quotes.
For months, rumors have swirled about the Apple CEO’s health after he appeared in June looking frail at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference. The official company line: he had a “common bug.” But many didn’t believe it. Jobs, 53, is a survivor of pancreatic cancer, and some wondered if the cancer was back. Apple’s silence didn’t help matters.
Then came Bloomberg’s obit snafu.
Well, unless the computer geek-turned-billionaire CEO has learned to clone himself, it seems pretty clear: Jobs’ death was clearly exaggerated.
September 9, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (11)
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Few people actually beat pancreatic cancer, mostly because it is usually not detected in the early stages. Jobs looks real thin, so his cancer may be back. A friend on mine died in July after battling pancreatic cancer for around 3 years, and with the help of pain killers she was able to appear fairly healthy until a few months before she passed. I hope Jobs has been lucky enough to have actually beaten his cancer for good, but reality tells me this is not likely.
Posted by: Bob | Sep 9, 2008 4:30:52 PM
He looked great today! Those familiar with pancreatic cancer must remember that he had the rare and much more survivable form. If he had suffered from the form most get, he would be long gone.
I'm thankful he's still here.
Posted by: Brad White | Sep 9, 2008 6:01:05 PM
The reason he's thin is because he had surgery to treat his rare form of cancer that basically removed a large portion of his digestive tract. Most of the other people who have had this surgery also suffered weight loss, and they found it difficult to put the weight back on.
Posted by: Eric | Sep 9, 2008 6:13:39 PM
i thought that this was an employment story with that title.
Posted by: jexem | Sep 9, 2008 8:10:25 PM
please be cautious when you speak of pancreatic cancer. I lost my father to this horrible disease... Steve has the fighting spirit. and a bank account to go with it. Steve receives the best care that a person can dream of - most AMERICANS do not have that chance.
Posted by: Nancy | Sep 9, 2008 8:40:36 PM
I'm glad to see him up there today. He looked markedly thin and obviously not as boisterous as usual. But I admire that he was up there doing his thing. He can't go anywhere. He's worked too hard to be snuffed out now!
Posted by: Marie | Sep 9, 2008 8:47:44 PM
I'm glad he's there--Jobs is Apple, Apple is Jobs.
Posted by: euro.guy | Sep 9, 2008 10:40:22 PM
He always looked thin..but now more than ever.
Does anyone else think the reporters picture is a little big for this page? It's like one quarter the page width and as big as the Jobs picture. I've nothing against attractive ladies but this looks more like a glamour photo ad rather than a business news article.
Posted by: Tim | Sep 9, 2008 11:09:39 PM
I also thought this article was about jobs; not Steve Jobs. What is with the large photo of the writer of this article?
Posted by: mark | Sep 10, 2008 3:30:19 AM
I like visiting the ABC news web site but I often feel like I'm thumbing through pictures in a People magazine rather than catching up on the news. We want more news ABC..less personalities.
The signal to noise ratio is much higher on other news sites.
Posted by: Tim | Sep 10, 2008 3:15:55 PM
Please, no one give medical information unless you have a medical degree. No information from personal experience.
Posted by: Tim | Jan 6, 2009 3:21:10 PM
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