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Nov 7, 2015 · False. About this rating. In November 2015, a rumor began circulating on social media that when Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away at age 56 in 2011, he delivered a speech or left behind...
- The Claim: Steve Jobs' Last Words Were A Commentary on Wealth
- What Did Steve Jobs Say on His Death bed?
- Where Did The Other Speech Come from?
- Our Rating: False
- Our Fact-Check Sources
Steve Jobs’ last words were about his admiration of his family, not a critique of wealth, as a viral post claims. A postthat has been circulating in different forms since 2015 claims the Apple founder and billionaire died disillusioned with his wealth. “In other eyes, my life is the essence of success, but aside from work, I have a little joy. And ...
When Jobs died in 2011 from pancreatic cancer, his sister Mona Simpson spoke about his last words as part of her eulogy. She said, “With that will, that work ethic, that strength, there was also sweet Steve’s capacity for wonderment, the artist’s belief in the ideal, the still more beautiful later. Jobs' final words, hours earlier, were monosyllabl...
No one who was close to Jobs has ever said the often-circulated essay was ever written or said by Jobs, according to a fact check by Snopes. Snopes found the speech didn’t start circulating until 2015, four years after his death. The version being fact-checked in this article contains slightly different language than the one Snopes checked, but the...
We rate this claim FALSE, because it is not supported by our research. There is no evidence Steve Jobs used his final moments to deliver a speech against materialism. Instead, a relative has recounted that he looked at those he loved for a long moment before saying “Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow.”
Snopes, Nov. 8, 2015, "Steve Jobs Deathbed Speech"New York Times, Oct. 30, 2011, "A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs"Jun 7, 2021 · The incident had brought his mortality into sharper focus, and in his speech he shared the virtues of death, going as far as to describe it as “very likely the single best invention of life.”
Nov 16, 2020 · Snopes: “Steve Jobs Deathbed Speech” The New York Times: “A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs” New York Post: “Steve Jobs told his daughter she ‘smelled like a toilet’ on his deathbed”
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Oct 05 2016 08:36 IST. Tech 10 min read. YouTube/Stanford. Published below is the full text of a commencement speech former Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave at Stanford University in 2005. It's a...
Sep 24, 2021 · Updated January 9, 2022. On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs died after a battle with a rare pancreatic cancer at age 56. But he may have lived longer if he sought proper medical care in time. When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, his doctors advised him to seek surgery as soon as possible.
Feb 21, 2020 · The meme-worthy 'deathbed speech' of Steve Jobs isn't real. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Steve Jobs was an important figure in technology history, but he wasn't always a person who others looked upon favorably. He was a complex figure with many flaws, to put it mildly.
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