I disagree. While I am certainly sad personally that Steve Jobs is not doing well health-wise, I think that his behavior is directly responsible for the uproar

I disagree. While I am certainly sad personally that Steve Jobs is not doing well health-wise, I think that his behavior is directly responsible for the uproar about his health. From any number of articles that I have read, Steve has set up his company to be centered around him. As CEO, he gets involved in minute decisions regarding the design or function of a product. I've seen his management style described as "controlling" or "micromanageing" a number of times. He has created a public persona of the hipster CEO dressed in black who presents every year to throngs of amazed people, "Oh, and one more thing...". So, when he creates himself to be a single point of failure, his health becomes a big news. He should have figured this out 4 years ago when he was trying to cure his cancer homeopathically, and his board of directors had an intervention with him to get him to go to the doctor. Media companies have a similar systems when they work with stars. When the success of a multimillion dollar organization depends heavily a single person's performance or health, you better believe that that person's health has a very large insurance policy. And, there's a lot of tabloid interest in that person's health. Just ask Oprah.