Sunday October 16 has been declared as Steve Jobs Day in the iconic Apple chief's home state of California, on the same day the company holds a memorial service for its late founder.
California Gov Jerry Brown tweeted on Friday evening that Sunday 'will be Steve Jobs Day in the State of California' - a salute to come 11 days after the computer genius died aged 56, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
In issuing the proclamation, the governor wrote that the products that Jobs introduced 'changed the way the entire world communicates'.
The declaration read: 'In his life and work, Steve Jobs embodied the California dream. To call him influential would be an understatement.
'His innovations transformed an industry, and the products he conceived and shepherded to market have changed the way the entire world communicates.
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