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I found that there were these incredibly great people at doing certain things, and you couldn't replace one of these people with fifty average people.

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Steve Jobs
Age: 56 †
Born: 1955
Born: February 24
Died: 2011
Died: October 5
Computer Scientist
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San Francisco County
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