STEVE JOBS DEAD!

Is Apple CEO Steve Jobs dead? It seems that question, spurred by Internet rumors from all corners, is floated every time Jobs’ company is front and center. All sorts of buzz has been going around about Steve Jobs’ health lately, particularly with those believing that his cancer had returned, thinking this the cause of his announcement that he would not appear at Macworld in January, reports The Economic Times.

His recent announcement that he was experiencing a hormone imbalance causing him significant weight loss has brought renewed interest in his well-being, and this has likely propelled “news” of the Steve Jobs’ death.

So is it true that Steve Jobs just died?

Well, no.

This is not the first time rumors of the death of Steve Jobs have circulated, as the Apple chief had to deal with this very same issue later last year, which became a major story. He had been losing weight during 2008, and he and his doctors, he claimed, were at first mystified as to the cause (reports Erick Schonfeld with TechCrunch). Jobs then decided to make his health a priority and was committed to finding the cause of his weight loss, and reversing it. Luckily when his doctor’s gathered that it was a hormonal imbalance, the fix was to be “relatively simple and straightforward” — treatment which Steve Jobs has already begun. Still, Jobs notes that since his body mass didn’t drop suddenly, so too would be his weight gain– gradual. He assures all he would tell Apple if his health were on the decline, Schonfeld continues– and Apple promises to keep the public informed, as well.

The previous hoax announcing his death was generally convincing to many, describing the accomplishments of Steve Jobs (including achievements for digital music and mobile phones) and listing contacts for more information on his death, reported E. Van Dril with The Celebrity Café. Names listed included Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Apple supporter Guy Kawasaki, among others. It was essentially an obituary which was “mistakenly” posted by Bloomberg, said Van Dril. Details like these make most stories believable– at first.

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