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from complications of pancreatitis related to type 1 diabetes and metastatic insulinoma.
Steve Jobs’s reported cause of death was not pancreatitis related to type 1 diabetes. His death certificate said he died of respiratory arrest caused by a metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.
Full reasoning
This claim conflicts with contemporaneous reporting of Steve Jobs’s death certificate.
- An Associated Press report published by The Guardian says the certificate listed respiratory arrest as the immediate cause of death and said Jobs had had a metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumour for the previous five years.
- A Pancreatic Cancer Action Network newsletter from October 2011 likewise states that Jobs "passed away from respiratory arrest associated with pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer."
Those sources directly contradict the article’s statement that he died from pancreatitis related to type 1 diabetes. The official reporting points instead to metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer.
2 sources
- Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest, death certificate reveals | The Guardian
The death certificate ... said Jobs had had a metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumour for the past five years. It listed his immediate cause of death as respiratory arrest.
- Pancreatic Cancer News & Updates – October 2011 | Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Steve Jobs passed away from respiratory arrest associated with pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer on October 5, 2011.
He died of cardiac arrest caused by pancreatitis and related to type 1 diabetes in 2011 at his home in Palo Alto, California.
Jobs’s death certificate did not list pancreatitis or type 1 diabetes as the cause of death. It said he died at home in Palo Alto from respiratory arrest caused by a metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.
Full reasoning
The location and year are right, but the medical cause in this sentence is wrong.
According to contemporaneous reporting on Jobs’s death certificate, the certificate listed respiratory arrest as the immediate cause of death and said he had a metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumour. A Pancreatic Cancer Action Network publication from the same month also described his death as respiratory arrest associated with pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer.
That is not the same as saying he died of cardiac arrest caused by pancreatitis and related to type 1 diabetes. The cited sources contradict the cause-of-death description in the article.
2 sources
- Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest, death certificate reveals | The Guardian
The death certificate ... listed his immediate cause of death as respiratory arrest. He died at his home in Palo Alto, California.
- Pancreatic Cancer News & Updates – October 2011 | Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Steve Jobs passed away from respiratory arrest associated with pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer on October 5, 2011.
He worked as the Chief Executive Officer of Apple and was paid $1 million (£600,000) per year.
Jobs was famously paid a $1 annual salary at Apple, not $1 million per year. Apple’s SEC filing says he had received $1 a year since rejoining the company in 1997.
Full reasoning
Apple’s own SEC filing contradicts this claim.
In Apple’s 2007 annual report, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company states:
- "In fiscal 2007, Mr. Jobs's entire compensation consisted of his $1 annual salary."
- "Mr. Jobs has received a $1 annual salary since he rejoined Apple in 1997 and began serving as interim CEO."
So the article’s statement that he was paid $1 million per year is off by a factor of one million.
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- Apple Inc. 2007 Annual Report (Form 10-K) | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
In fiscal 2007, Mr. Jobs's entire compensation consisted of his $1 annual salary... Mr. Jobs has received a $1 annual salary since he rejoined Apple in 1997 and began serving as interim CEO.
cardiac arrest caused by pancreatic cancer related to type 1 diabetes and metastatic insulinoma
This cause-of-death entry is inaccurate. Jobs’s death certificate said he died of respiratory arrest caused by a metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, not cardiac arrest related to type 1 diabetes.
Full reasoning
The article’s infobox gives the wrong medical cause of death.
Contemporaneous reporting on Steve Jobs’s death certificate states that the certificate listed respiratory arrest as the immediate cause of death and described Jobs as having a metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumour. A Pancreatic Cancer Action Network publication from October 2011 also says he died from respiratory arrest associated with pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer.
Those sources contradict the infobox claim that his death was cardiac arrest caused by pancreatic cancer related to type 1 diabetes and metastatic insulinoma.
2 sources
- Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest, death certificate reveals | The Guardian
The death certificate ... listed his immediate cause of death as respiratory arrest ... Jobs had had a metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumour for the past five years.
- Pancreatic Cancer News & Updates – October 2011 | Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Steve Jobs passed away from respiratory arrest associated with pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer on October 5, 2011.