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Steve Jobs
Age: 56 †
Born: 1955
Born: February 24
Died: 2011
Died: October 5
Computer Scientist
Designer
Engineer
Entrepreneur
Executive Producer
Film Producer
Financier
Inventor
San Francisco County
California
Steven Paul Jobs
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