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Amazing that so many people knew, and no one leaked it... Most famous people who died suddenly of an illness like that (e.g. Freddie Mercury, Bill Hicks) kept
by swombat 15y ago
Amazing that so many people knew, and no one leaked it... Most famous people who died suddenly of an illness like that (e.g. Freddie Mercury, Bill Hicks) kept it secret except to a circle of close friends. Presumably, hundreds or even thousands knew about this illness, yet not one of them peeped about it.
Of course, it would have been an incredible lack of decorum to do so, and that's probably what stopped them. And yet, it seems fitting that news of Steve's rapidly declining health were even more leak-proof than the average Apple product release.
- maigret 15y agoHis death didn't come unexpected to me. Tabloid pictures from this summer showed how bad his health was. I wouldn't consider it a kept secret.
- pavlov 15y agoMy girlfriend's father died of the same illness as Jobs. When she saw Jobs giving a keynote in June, she was amazed that he was still working when it was so obvious (to her, having watched her father fade away) that the end was near.
- officemonkey 15y agoI figured he was very ill when he turned over Apple.