56 seems too early to go for anyone, but he was able to spend the majority of his life focused on his true interests, and had a positive impact on quite a few people's everyday lives as a result. That's a pretty good life, I would say.
He only just retired though didn't he? I thought I heard he beat the cancer, kind of makes you worried when someone with that much money can just be here one day and gone the next, no lingering (as far as I know). Either way Steve Jobs had a big bucket of win, maybe even a cauldron of win.
not retired. you don't retire until like you're 66 in the US. he resigned in august mostly due to his declining health. you don't just beat pancreatic cancer. it's has one of the deadliest. Patrick swayze also died of it.
A little piece of Jobs will live on in each and every iSheep. http://www.letra.org/spip/IMG/jpg/isheep.jpg
Cancer is shit. People comparing him to Einstein, Edison and DaVinci though.... errrr. I'd say he's more like L Ron Hubbard.