Steve Jobs Passes Away at 56: Snakkle Looks Back at His Life and Career

Steve Jobs high school yearbook photo young before famous 1971 homestead high school

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Junior Year in High School, 1971

Junior year at Homestead High School, Cupertino, California.

Steve Jobs high school yearbook photo young before famous tuxedo 1972 homestead high school

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Senior Year in High School, 1972

Senior portrait at Homestead High School in Cupertino, California.

Steve Jobs with Steve wozniak apple photo 1977

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West Coast Computer Faire, 1977

Apple cofounders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak introduce the Apple II at the West Coast Computer Faire, April 1977.

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Macintosh 128K, Circa 1984

Steve poses with the original Macintosh, the 128K, circa 1984.

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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, 1985

Origin of the "I'm a Mac/I'm a PC" ads? Steve Jobs with Bill Gates in New York, 1985.

Early TV Appearance

Watch an astonished young Steve prepare for an early television appearance.

Introducing the iPod, 2001

Watch as Steve introduces the first-ever iPod back in 2001, freeing us from toting around piles of CDs.

Stanford University Commencement Address, 2005

Steve delivers a heartfelt commencement address at Stanford, urging students to take every opportunity before them, regardless of life's setbacks. He shares personal stories from his life, having dropped out of college himself after only six weeks.

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Introducing the iPad 2, 2011

Steve unveils the iPad 2 in March 2011.

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Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, 2011

Visibly thinner, Steve introduces Apple's iCloud storage system in San Francisco in June 2011, only a few months before stepping down from the company for health reasons.