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Steve Jobs: "Life is fragile."

Business Insider has published an email reply one of their readers received from Steve Jobs. The reader wrote to Jobs after reading a speech Jobs gave about his experience with liver disease. The BI reader, who lost his young girlfriend to melanoma-induced liver failure, wrote to express gratitude that he took the time to address the issue of creating a live donor registry for kidney transplants in California.

Only a few hours later Steve wrote back:
"Your [sic] most welcome, James. I'm sorry about your girlfriend. Life is fragile.

Steve"
Despite the grammatical error in Steve's email, Business Insider believes the email (sent from his iPad) is authentic after double-checking the header information. Steve's emails are always about tech issues. It's nice to see him addressing the more important issues in life too. For another inspiring tear-jerker, Steve's 2005 Stanford speech is always a good watch.

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Joseph Papierz Jr

I don't know who is sadder or wasting more time, the people who write comments or me for reading them? Tough choice. Sometime I get agravated and want to write a reply to a comment only to find that AOL hasn't gotten to that web site with it's "New Commenting Feature".

April 29 2010 at 2:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
splatty

SJ, all cancers including melanoma, and Apple itself are all relevant dammit. Yesterday Steve was having Eggs Benedict at that cute little breakfast joint in Saratoga when a guy at the next table ASKED HIM TO PASS THE SALT. Unspeakable!!! He was scanning a grammatical guide book so that little apostrophe incident wouldn't happen again in the future and the guy says "Could you please pass the salt?" Jeezum!!!!! OMFG.

April 29 2010 at 9:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jbjg24m

if u don't want anybody to know anything , then don't say it

April 29 2010 at 6:48 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bill

The more I think about the practice of going to an Apple store and buying a product when you only intend to "rent" that product, the more I see it as fraudulent conduct.

The implicit assumption on which Apple relies when you buy a product is that you are buying it intending to keep it, rather than with the intent of "renting" it for two weeks.

Encouraging fraudulent conduct is something of which TUAW ought not be in the business.

April 27 2010 at 9:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Bill

Sorry. Did not mean to repost this letter. 1password did it to me...

What I meant to say:

Steve Jobs is a class act.

April 27 2010 at 9:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
PSM

My admiration for Steve has faltered a bit after that apostrophe incident.

April 27 2010 at 6:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matt W

Stories like this bug me. No wonder Steve is a private guy, every little thing he says becomes some big story. This was a nice moment until it was exploited.

April 27 2010 at 3:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
JPV

I heard that Steve farted in Cupertino this morning. Did anybody smell it?

April 27 2010 at 1:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Josh Kirklin

"The reader wrote to jobs after reading"
"Despite the grammatical error"

ahem

April 27 2010 at 12:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
MRCUR

God I just love that man. Props to Steve.

April 27 2010 at 11:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
iBearTouch

Steve had a life-changing experience... As we all eventually do. I think Steve's short email answers should be compiled into a Magic 8-Ball App. :-)

April 27 2010 at 11:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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