Farewell to Steve Jobs 1955-2011

Publications: People, OK!
Date: 24 Oct. 2011

Fresh trash on Thursdays! The two nicest gossip rags both give nice send-offs to Steve Jobs on their covers this week. While Jobs is not the most famous person to die this year - that honor belongs to either Miss Elizabeth Taylor or Osama Bin Laden - he is the person whose life is the most relevant to the way people live in 2011. Here are the headlines.

• People: The Life & Genius of Steve Jobs
  Farewell to an American original
  His Private World
  His Brave Battle
  1955-2011
• OK!: Steve Jobs 1955-2011
  Touching celeb tributes
  

Best wishes to the family and friends of Steve Jobs, from a guy less than a year younger than him, writing a silly blog on a Mac.

Breaking news: Steve Jobs dead at age 56.

Source: NPR
Date: 5 Oct. 2011

Several news sources are confirming Apple's announcement that Steve Jobs died today at the age of 56. While Jobs did outlive the six week deadline the National Enquirer set for his demise earlier this year, he is the second person to get an Expiration Date from the tabloids who outlived the prediction but died within the year, the first being Elizabeth Edwards.

Best wishes to the friends and family of Steve Jobs.

Breaking news: Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO

(photo nicked from gizmodo.com)



As has been reported in many outlets, Steve Jobs has resigned today as CEO of Apple. None of the official statements mention it, but it is widely assumed to be health related.



This only counts as breaking news for tabloid fodder because the National Enquirer gave Jobs six week to live back in February. Obviously, they overstated the severity of the health issue, but many people fear it may have been just an overstatement and not an outright lie.



For the record, the tabloids suck at predicting death. The only correct expiration date so far was when the low rent Examiner said this year would be Miss Elizabeth Taylor's last birthday, and even this one can be discounted when we take into consideration how many death knells she heard in the gossip rags since the early 1960s.



The missed deadlines include Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Michael Douglas, Dick Clark and Bill Clinton. Unfortunately, there is also the case of Elizabeth Edwards who died a few months after her six month expiration date passed.



Best wishes to Mr. Jobs, his family and friends, from someone writing a blog post on an Apple computer.