When Apple’s board of directors announced the death of Steve Jobs, they made no mention of what ultimately caused his demise.  Most of the public tied his death to pancreatic cancer, which he has been battling for five years.

The coroner stated in his report that Jobs had metastatic pancreatic cancer, the tumor in his pancreas spread to other organs nearby, including the lungs, which caused respiratory arrest, and is the primary cause of his death.

Jobs was only 56 when he died in his home at Palo Alto, California.  According to Sandra Brown, spokeswoman for the Palo Alto, Ca. police department, they were contacted by the company days before Jobs’ death stating that he was expected to die and that they should have patrols ready in case mourners flock to Jobs’ home.

CEO Tim Cook sent a memo to Apple employees informing them that they will be holding an even on October 19 to celebrate Jobs’ extraordinary life.

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

People are still remembering Jobs and his contribution to their lives or their companies.  On Monday, Pixar posted a photo on their site with a caption: “A rainbow on a cloudy and sad day over our studio? Thanks, Steve. 10/5/11.”

Pixar’s chief creative officer John Lasseter and president Ed Catamull dedicated their website to Jobs.  When you go to Pixar’s website, you’ll see a photo of the three, Lasseter, Jobs and Catamull with a very sentimental quote below.

Lee Unkrich, director of Toy Story 3, also remembers Jobs by telling embarrassing instances he had with Jobs in his Twitter account.  One was having a one-on-one meeting with Jobs wearing a completely ridiculous costume, which amazingly had no effect on Jobs; the other was when Jobs sent him an e-mail, which he made a snarky comment about with the intent to forward it someone else, but unfortunately he sent the e-mail to Jobs.  If that happened to anyone else, they probably would’ve have gotten furious.  But Unkrich stated that Jobs was cool about the incident and said that he’s received far worse emails of an accidental and intentional nature.