The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 6, 2011 Apple Founder Steve Jobs Dies at 56 ------------------------------------ The Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died after a long bout with cancer. He was 56 years old. In a statement on its website, Apple said: "[We] have lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an incredible human being." .