Steve Jobs' mysterious final words as he looked lovingly at his family
When the co-founder of Apple and billionaire Steve Jobs, died in 2011 the whole world was shocked. The man whose legacy lives in our hands and on our tables everyday, died from Pancreatic cancer at 56 years old, and his last words were quite astounding.
Steve had once described death as "very likely the single best invention of life." On his deathbed around his family his eyes lit up in awe, and with the simple words said: "Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow." Steve's sister Mona Simpson shared his final moments in a eulogy for his funeral, which she gave permission to The New York Times to publish. Their last moments were shared with the world as she stuck to her brother's bedside. She had written: "Steve's final words, hours earlier, were monosyllables, repeated three times."
Steve Jobs during a keynote address in 2000 (AFP/Getty Images)
Steve was able to make Apple into the billionaire business it is today (Getty Images)"His tone was affectionate, dear, loving, but like someone whose luggage was already strapped onto the vehicle, who was already on the beginning of his journey, even as he was sorry, truly deeply sorry, to be leaving us." Steve, surrounded by his beloved family, started to deteriorate over the course of a few days. Mona said, "His breathing changed. It became severe, deliberate, purposeful. I could feel him counting his steps again, pushing farther than before. This is what I learned: he was working at this, too. Death didn't happen to Steve, he achieved it."
It wasn't until the final night that Steve started to take his final breaths when he started to slip away from the world. "His breath indicated an arduous journey, some steep path, altitude. He seemed to be climbing." Steve, who was raised by adoptive parents had always been interesting in engineering and was one of the first entrepreneurs to realise the powerful connection the computer could have with society.
Business partner Stephen Wozniak has already started designing his own computer and with Steve's encouragement had made the Apple 2 with a sleek keyboard and a plastic case. From the 1970s Steve had been trying to start up Apple, and after the first Mac's were released, which were known to have powering problems and deemed expensive, lead to disappointing sales. After a few complications and failing to correct mishaps, Steve was forced to leave the company in 1985 by Apple's board of directors.
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Steve introducing the new Iphone 4 in 2007 (Getty Images)After leaving Apple, Steve joined NeXT and began designing computers for the education market. He also began working with Pixar, known for their graphics and animation in 1986. His role in the company meant that he helped build Pixar into the major co-operation it is today and produced their first full-length computer animated film, Toy Story, in 1995.
Amid the success of Pixar, Apple wasn't achieving the same success. The company began to be saddled with major financial debt and hired a new chief executive Gilbert Amelio to try to start things back up again. When Gilbert joined he bought Steve's company NEXTSTEP, which brought him back into the company he was fired from a decade earlier. Meanwhile, the popularity Pixar had in the film industry was immense, releasing other blockbuster films like Toy Story 2, A bug's life and The Incredibles. Their wealth had made Steve a billionare, and he eventually sold Pixar to Disney in 2006.
When the 21st century arrived and the whole world was scared that computers would experience the millennial crash, Steve began reinventing Apple for the 21st century. In 2001, Apple introduced iTunes and sold their first iPod for music where their empire of technological success started to kick off to where Apple is where it is today.
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