In pictures: Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple dies at age 56

The facade of an Apple Store is seen in Santa Monica, California October 5, 2011. Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after a years-long and highly public battle with cancer and other health issues. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

In this April 24, 1984, file photo, from left, Steve Jobs, chairman of Apple Computers, John Sculley, president and CEO, and Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, unveil the new Apple IIc computer in San Francisco. Apple on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 said Jobs has died. He was 56. (AP Photo/Sal Veder, File)

Personal computer pioneer Steve Jobs, is shown in this 1993 file photo. (AP Photo/Kristy Macdonald)

FILE: Steve Jobs, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., right, speaks in front of a file photograph of himself and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak during the launch of the Apple iPad in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. Jobs, who built the world's most valuable technology company by creating devices that changed how people use electronics died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. (Tony Avelar/Bloomberg)

File Photo - Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs looks at the crowds at the grand opening of the new Apple Store on 5th Avenue in New York in this May 19, 2006. Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Jobs died on October 5, 2011 REUTERS/Seth Wenig

File - Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs speaks on stage, with the Shanghai Apple store displayed on screen, at Apple's media event in San Francisco, California on September 1, 2010. Jobs died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

File - Steve Jobs, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., unveils the iPhone 4 during his keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, June 7, 2010. Jobs died on Wednesday October5, 2011 of cancer. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

FILE: Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Inc., speaks at MacWorld 2001 in San Francisco, California on January, 9, 2001. Jobs, who built the world's most valuable technology company by creating devices that changed how people use electronics and revolutionized the computer, music and mobile-phone industries, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. (Justin Sullivan/Bloomberg)

File: Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks at an Apple event in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. Jobs joked about the speculation on his health Tuesday, kicking off an Apple event by flashing a message on a screen that "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. He died Wednesday October 5, 2011. His contribution to personal computing and mobile devices has changed the way humans interact with technology. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

The main Apple Inc website featuring Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is seen on an iphone in this photo illustration taken in Central Sydney October 6, 2011. Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56. (REUTERS/Daniel Munoz)

Flowers and an iPad showing a picture of Steve Jobs are placed at a makeshift memorial for Steve Jobs at the Apple headquarters on October 5, 2011 in Cupertino, California. Jobs passed away at age 56. (Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images/AFP)

A man writes a 'thank you" note in memory of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs outside the Apple Store in San Francisco, California October 5, 2011. Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56. (REUTERS/Stephen Lam)

Messages on Apple stickers are left on the window of the Apple store in Pasadena, California, October 5, 2011. Apple’s visionary co-founder died from cancer Wednesday at 56, a premature end for a man who revolutionized modern culture with ubiquitous inventions like the iPod and the iPad. (AFP PHOTO PHOTO / ROBYN BECK)

FILE - In this June 6, 2011, file photo, Apple CEO Steve Jobs gives the keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Apple on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 said Jobs has died. He was 56. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

File - This June 7, 2010 file photo shows Apple chief executive Steve Jobs introducing the iPhone 4 during the keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, California. Apple on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 announced the death of its visionary co-founder Steve Jobs from cancer at 56. "We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today," the company's board of directors said in a statement. (AFP PHOTO / Files / Ryan Anson)

An image of Steve Jobs is shown on a screen at the Apple Store in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Customers look around products behind a computer monitor displaying the obituary of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs at an Apple Store in Seoul October 6, 2011. Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs died on Wednesday at the age of 56. (REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak)

Portraits of the late Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc., illuminate computer monitors in an Apple retail store, in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011. Taiwanese rivals and partners of Apple Inc. lauded company founder Steve Jobs on Thursday, and news of his death dominated television coverage in the high-tech powerhouse. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Flags fly at half staff following the death of Steve Jobs at Apple headquarters Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 in Cupertino, Calif. Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

File - Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs previews the latest version of its Mac OS X operating system called Tiger in San Francisco, California, in this June 28, 2004 photo. Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on October 5, 2011 at the age of 56. (REUTERS/Kimberly White)

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple computers died from cancer late Wednesday October 5, 2001. This photo of Jobs was posted by Apple on its website Apple.com in memory and to announce the news to the world.