Steven P. Jobs passed away on October 5th, 2011 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer.



From MacRumors:

Apple's website announces the sad news that Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has passed away. Jobs was 56 years old, and had been struggling with complications related to pancreatic cancer over the past several years. Apple leaves the following message on their website in tribute to Job

  Steve Jobs Is Dead