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Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday. He was 56. The death was announced by Apple, the company Mr. Jobs and his high school friend Stephen Wozniak started in 1976 in a suburban California garage. Mr. Jobs had waged a long and public struggle with cancer, remaining the face of the company even as he underwent treatment. He continued to introduce new products for a global market in his trademark blue jeans even as he grew gaunt and frail. He underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer in 2004, received a liver transplant in 2009 and took three medical leaves of absence as Apple’s chief executive before stepping down in August and turning over the helm to Timothy D. Cook, the chief operating officer. When he left, he was still engaged in the company’s affairs, negotiating with another Silicon Valley executive only weeks earlier. 美国苹果公司5日宣布，该公司前首席执行官史蒂夫·乔布斯已去世。享年56岁。 苹果公司官方网站首页目前已换成乔布斯大幅照片，以及“1955-2011”字样。网站发布的消息说：“苹果失去了一位富有远见和创造力的天才，世界失去了一个不可思议之人。” 苹果董事会发表声明，沉痛宣布并悼念乔布斯。 | 
