b555 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/news/telecom/Apple-CEO-may-have-six-weeks-to-live/articleshow/7514447.cms Internet is abuzz with the rumour that Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have only six weeks to live. US-based tabloid National Enquirer claims to be publishing photos of Jobs taken on February 8 outside Stanford Cancer Center that show the Apple founder looking extremely thin and frail. According to various media reports, in the photos, an extremely "skeletal-looking" Jobs can be seen getting out of his car at the center, just one day after he was spotted at work on Apple's Cupertino campus. In January, fifty-five-year-old Jobs took third medical leave from Apple in seven years. Apple founder Jobs is suffering from pancreatic cancer. The CEO, 55, has been regularly attending the cancer treatment center, RadarOnline.com confirmed. The Enquirer is reported to have interviewed critical-care physician Dr Samuel Jacobson who viewed the photos and said the Jobs appeared "close to terminal." "I would say he has six weeks," Jacobson reportedly said. Dr Gabe Mirkin a physician with supposedly 40 years of experience told the tabloid, "He is terminal. What you are seeing is extreme muscle wasting from calorie depravation, most likely caused by cancer. He has no muscle left in his buttocks, which is the last place to go." "He definitely appears to be in the terminal stages of his life from these photos. I would be surprised if he weighed more than 130lb," Mirkin reportedly told the tabloid. Job's battle with cancer started in 2004 and he reportedly went to Switzerland in 2009 to undergo a rare radiology treatment. Earlier, Wall Street Journal reported that Jobs also had a secret liver transplant in Memphis. Jobs announced his medical leave in January in an email to employees, explaining that "the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health." "I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company," Jobs added. ( (
DomainK Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 I will need a little more than some tabloid gossip to believe that.
Sachinism Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Enquirer exposed it, so its probably BS, but damn he don't look good (if that's really him)
DomainK Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Enquirer exposed it, so its probably BS, but damn he don't look good (if that's really him) I doubt. The only photograph they got is from behind? :headshake:
hari504504 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Cancer has reached epidemic proportions - if anyone has noticed !.. all of us probably have atleast one relative who has suffered/fallen to it.
beetle Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Shameless tabloids are worse than hyneas.They said the same for Michael Douglas too. I hope he gets well soon.
Ram Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Actually, the reporting is getting better. Last time, they reported he was already dead, which prompted Steve Jobs to open his key-note speech in the subsquent Annual apple show in SFO with the words; :hysterical:
Jersey #10 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 ^yeah he does. She happens to be my future wife.
kabira Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 I thought he was cured of cancer. I remember him saying in his Stanford Speech that he is totally cured.
Mariyam Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 So much for " Apple a day keeps the........."
DomainK Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 So much for " Apple a day keeps the........." It's been the same half eaten apple for years.
nballa Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 but he will live forever in the hearts and minds of people who will buy anything which is shiny and made by apple.
Roshanrocks Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 so can we have some discounts in his memory after 6 weeks? :((
Zap_Brannigan Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 Cancer is scary. But i am perplexed by it. I have no relatives that has suffered from cancer but pretty much every foreign friends i have had had atleast a few in their families. Is this really the norm? i.e. Americans or others having more chances of getting cancer than Indians or is it just a coincidence so far and i might be ****ed. PS. My parents both have diabetes and i know i am fked that way genetically anyway.
punjabi_khota Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 Cancer is scary. But i am perplexed by it. I have no relatives that has suffered from cancer but pretty much every foreign friends i have had had atleast a few in their families. Is this really the norm? i.e. Americans or others having more chances of getting cancer than Indians or is it just a coincidence so far and i might be ****ed. PS. My parents both have diabetes and i know i am fked that way genetically anyway. Americans have way higher rate of getting cancer than indians, thats a fact. Indians though I think beat Americans when it comes to heart disease and stuff
Sachinism Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 Americans have way higher rate of getting cancer than indians, thats a fact. Indians though I think beat Americans when it comes to heart disease and stuff Indians are champs at getting diabetes
Zap_Brannigan Posted February 19, 2011 Posted February 19, 2011 Americans have way higher rate of getting cancer than indians, thats a fact. Indians though I think beat Americans when it comes to heart disease and stuff But why? I've been living like an American in India i.e. eating fast food, beef and been drinking lots of beer. So am i fked like an american? with the added chances of getting diabetes like an indian.
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