Apple to Hold Private Celebration of Steve Jobs' Life on October 19th

[MacRumors]

Tributes to Steve Jobs outside Covent Garden store, London (Source: Sam Parry)​

MacGeneration shares an internal email from Apple CEO Tim Cook to company employees informing them of a private celebration of Steve Jobs' life, scheduled for October 19th on the company's campus in Cupertino, California.

Team,

Like many of you, I have experienced the saddest days of my lifetime and shed many tears during the past week. But I've found some comfort in the extraordinary number of tributes and condolences from people all over the world who were touched by Steve and his genius. And I've found comfort in both telling and listening to stories about Steve.

Although many of our hearts are still heavy, we are planning a celebration of his life for Apple employees to take time to remember the incredible things Steve achieved in his life and the many ways he made our world a better place. The celebration will be held on Wednesday, October 19, at 10am in the outdoor amphitheater on the Infinite Loop campus. We'll have more details on AppleWeb closer to the date, including arrangements for employees outside of Cupertino.

I look forward to seeing you there.

Tim

Jobs passed away last Wednesday, with Cook noting in a company-wide email sent soon after that the company was planning such a celebration. A small, private funeral was held for Jobs on Friday. No public events are scheduled, although many of Apple's retail stores around the world have become shrines where those wishing to pay tribute to Jobs have left notes, flowers, and other items of remembrance.

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[Four oF NINE]

Best wishes

Best wishes to the extended Apple family

 

[Patriot24]

I'm sure a lot of Beatles will be played.

gg Tim/Apple

 

[TheAppleGeek]

I wonder what they have planned?

 

[Jobsian]

Having never met the man, his passing has been, for me, unusually upsetting, to a degree that I have to admit has unsettled me.

 

[firewood]

There are tons of ex-Apple employees who worked with Steve here. I wonder if there's anything planned for them?

 

[SwiftLives]

I wish they'd do a public memorial. On the other hand, I do respect that Jobs was a very private man.

 

[chrmjenkins]

I'd like to see some footage from this tribute. Hopefully some employees film it.

 

[Jerome Morrow]

I still feel like a huge rock is pressing down on my heart.

 

[joefrat]

Me too

Having never met the man, his passing has been, for me, unusually upsetting, to a degree that I have to admit has unsettled me.

I too felt the same way. It surprised me, having never met him either. It seems like by using his products we did in fact know him on some level.

 

[reden]

You know at first I was sad that there will be no public tribute to Jobs. However, I realized this man has received one of the most massive virtual tributes I think this world has ever seen. A genius that will always be remembered.

 

[Peace]

This news bums me out.

It was supposed to be a private company celebration for employees. Now everybody and their brother knows when and where.

I hope some of the wackos out there don't go there and disrupt it.

Shame.

 

[MacsRgr8]

Still feels so unreal....

Good to know there will be a celebration for all that Steve have given.

 

[seanrobb]

Having never met the man, his passing has been, for me, unusually upsetting, to a degree that I have to admit has unsettled me.

I couldn't agree with you more.

 

[rsocal]

I too felt the same way. It surprised me, having never met him either. It seems like by using his products we did in fact know him on some level.

I'm with both of you and I believe he really put himself into all Apple products.
I held him as my true idol, I love the way he did things to get the end product.
He truly wanted the user experience grand and I think he hit the mark 99% of the time!:

 

[kycophpd]

I hope the burglars last night did not upset the memorial posted in the photo on this thread. They can steal iPads and iPhones and MacBooks, but I'll fly my happy rear to London and get them myself if they disgraced Steve's memorial.

 

[citi]

I'd like to see some footage from this tribute. Hopefully some employees film it.

No. This is for Steve's family, everyone that worked at Apple with him. We should all respect their privacy.

To be honest, I would have preferred not to know this bit of information. Macrumors isn't TMZ and this is certainly not a "rumor"

 

[Abyssgh0st]

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Hoping the Westboro Baptist Church doesn't make an appearance.

 

[z3r0inc]

I wish dragonballs were real so we can bring him back...

 

[Aduntu]

This news bums me out.

It was supposed to be a private company celebration for employees. Now everybody and their brother knows when and where.

I hope some of the wackos out there don't go there and disrupt it.

Shame.

This leak was a decoy, and you just bit.

Apple 1, Peace 0

 

[rroach3753]

Having never met the man, his passing has been, for me, unusually upsetting, to a degree that I have to admit has unsettled me.

The last time I felt this same feeling was when Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in 1998. Rest In Peace Steve.

 

[kockgunner]

I too felt the same way. It surprised me, having never met him either. It seems like by using his products we did in fact know him on some level.

At the very least, we all knew what he stood for.

 

[rowley]

Im sure if anyone wanted to they could has a moment's silence at the same time.

Anyone thought of that?

 

[jonnyb]

The last time I felt this same feeling was when Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in 1998. Rest In Peace Steve.

It was 1997

 

[wikus]

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Hoping the Westboro Baptist Church doesn't make an appearance.

I hope they do show up to the wrong funeral some day, like a famous MMA fighter or boxer and have their asses handed to them.