Jobs died of respiratory arrest stemming from cancer

A copy of Steve Jobs’ death certificate made public Monday indicates that the Apple Inc. cofounder died of respiratory arrest resulting from pancreatic cancer that had spread to other organs. Jobs died at his home in Palo Alto on Wednesday at age 56. The death certificate, released by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department and obtained by The Associated Press, says Jobs had a metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor for the past five years. It listed his immediate cause of death as respiratory arrest. No autopsy was performed, and he was buried on Friday. Jobs had been in poor health for a number of years. He first battled pancreatic cancer in 2004 and underwent a liver transplant in 2009 after taking a leave of absence for unspecified health problems. He took another leave of absence in January—his third since his health problems began—and resigned in August, passing the CEO job to his handpicked successor, Tim Cook.