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Apple Bats Down Latest Jobs Death Rumor

Report that CEO had heart attack is false, company says

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 3, 2008 12:38 PM CDT

(Newser) – Apple again today was forced to quash rumors about the health of CEO Steve Jobs, refuting a report that the CEO had suffered a “major heart attack,” Bloomberg reports. Shares fell as much as 5.4% following a post on CNN’s citizen-journalist iReport site, but have since rebounded. Jobs’ health has been an issue since a bout with pancreatic cancer in 2004.

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A CNN citizen-journalist site reported this morning that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has suffered a major heart attack, which the company said was not true. (AP Photo)

Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks at an Apple event in San Francisco, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Apple's shares fell as much as 5.4% today on rumors that CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack, but rebounded when the computer giant denied the report. (AP Photo)

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It's a tough position to be in—they don't continually want to field questions and make news when there is no news. - Ryan Jacob, fund manager, on Apple and rumors about CEO Steve Jobs' health

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Apple Bats Down Latest Jobs Death Rumor