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Steve Jobs Died at Home of Respiratory Arrest
- jbhelms 15y agoIn the comment section on there someone pointed out that they knew someone who died the same way and it was a peaceful death. They just stopped breathing while in a coma. I do hope he went peacefully.
- Roritharr 15y agoI find the thought eerie that Apple knew of his certain demise before the iPhone 4s Pressconference. Maybe it was his wish to do it normally.
- kylec 15y agoOn a side note, why is there a spot for "occupation" on a death certificate? It seems like such an arbitrary thing to have your most recent job on your permanent record of death. And how do you sum up a career like Jobs'? "Entrepreneur in the high-tech business" does not do justice to what he accomplished.
- inuhj 15y agoFor epidemiology studies. And you're right--they're notoriously unreliable. Public databases for healthcare research are absurdly bad. Half the time I publish using Medicare's SEER database I ask myself, "is this worth anything at all?"
- InclinedPlane 15y agoBureaucracy and government forms takes a long time to respond to societal change. We're moving farther and farther away from a person having a single job for a lifetime, but that's still the model used by many bureaucracies.
- rottendoubt 15y agoFrom the Atari article someone linked to a few days back about Steve Jobs, his boss said he contracted hepatitis when he made a spiritual journey to India. If it's true, it explains all the health issues Steve dealt with later in life. Hepatitis is linked to increasing the risk of pancreatic cancer. It also attacks the liver and was very likely the reason for his needing a liver transplant in 2009. I'm living abroad and put on my to do list to make sure my vaccinations are current. For those of you traveling to third world countries, make sure you do the same. =/