{"id":726,"date":"2011-10-05T21:40:51","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T04:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wiebe-elsinga.com\/blog\/?p=726"},"modified":"2011-10-05T21:40:51","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T04:40:51","slug":"goodbye-mr-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wiebe-elsinga.com\/blog\/goodbye-mr-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Mr. Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpsso-pinterest-pin-it-image\" style=\"display:none !important;\">\n<\/div><!-- .wpsso-pinterest-pin-it-image -->\n\n<p>Apple&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> announces the sad news that Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has passed away. Jobs was 56 years old, and had been struggling with complications related to pancreatic cancer over the past several years. Apple leaves the following message on their website in tribute to Jobs<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geeky-gadgets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Steve-Jobs-RIP.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Jobs\" width=\"238\" height=\"178\" \/><br \/>\nMore<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/breaking-steve-jobs-has-died\/\">BREAKING: Steve Jobs Has Died<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/steve-jobs-obituary\/\">Steve Jobs: 1955 \u2013 2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/steve-jobs-board-statement\/\">Apple\u2019s Board of Directors on Steve Jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/apple-com-tribute-steve-jobs\/\">Apple Pays Tribute to Steve Jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/steve-jobs-newspapers-react\/\">Newspapers React to the Death of Steve Jobs [PICS] <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/steve-jobs-family-statement\/\">Jobs Family Statement: \u201cSteve Died Peacefully\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/steve-jobs-remembered\/\">Steve Jobs Remembered: 10 of His Most Magical Moments [VIDEO]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/mark-zuckerberg-steve-jobs\/\">Mark Zuckerberg Pays Tribute to Steve Jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/google-founders-steve-jobs\/\">Google Founders: Steve Jobs Was an Inspiration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/president-obama-steve-jobs\/\">President Obama on Steve Jobs: \u201cThe World Has Lost a Visionary\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/steve-jobs-twitter\/\">Steve Jobs, 1955-2011: The Web Remembers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/google-homepage-steve-jobs\/\">Google\u2019s Homepage Pays Tribute to Steve Jobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/10\/05\/disney-ceo-jobs\/\">Disney CEO: \u201cJobs Was Such an Original\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s website announces the sad news that Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has passed away. Jobs was 56 years old, and had been struggling with complications related to pancreatic cancer over the past several years. Apple leaves the following message on their website in tribute to Jobs Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple. More BREAKING: Steve Jobs Has Died Steve Jobs: 1955 \u2013 2011 Apple\u2019s Board of Directors on Steve Jobs Apple Pays Tribute to Steve Jobs Newspapers React to the Death of Steve Jobs [PICS] Jobs Family Statement: \u201cSteve Died Peacefully\u201d Steve Jobs Remembered: 10 of His Most Magical Moments [VIDEO] Mark Zuckerberg Pays Tribute to Steve Jobs Google Founders: Steve Jobs Was an Inspiration President Obama on Steve Jobs: \u201cThe World Has Lost a Visionary\u201d Steve Jobs, 1955-2011: The Web Remembers Google\u2019s Homepage Pays Tribute to Steve Jobs Disney CEO: \u201cJobs Was Such an Original\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[51,77],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wiebe-elsinga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wiebe-elsinga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wiebe-elsinga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wiebe-elsinga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wiebe-elsinga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/wiebe-elsinga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wiebe-elsinga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wiebe-elsinga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wiebe-elsinga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}