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Jobs' incredible skill was as a storyteller, a salesman. He could captivate our imaginations and reel us in. He was more P.T. Barnum than Thomas Edison.
Alex Gibney
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Alex Gibney
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: October 23
Film Director
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New York City
New York
Philip Alexander Alex Gibney
Philip Alexander Gibney
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