Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world's leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56.

The following artists have commented on his passing:

GUNS N' ROSES:
"When people say it's not about the possessions but how you're remember - they are talking about people like Steve Jobs. RIP"

Nikki Sixx (MГ–TLEY CRГњE):
'RIP Steve Jobs. Steve was of his era what Thomas Edison was to the beginning of the 20th century. You Made all our lives a better place."

Bret Michaels (POISON):
"Our thoughts, prayers and deepest condolences go out the family of Apple Inc. founder, Steve Jobs."

Tracii Guns (L.A. GUNS):
"Steve Jobs Rest In Peace, you really did change the world. Thank you for so much cool stuff that keeps me from getting bored on long trips and making computers that are virus free . Even my almost 3 year old can operate an iPod and iPad . I think the world lost a real innovator today."

The hard-driving executive Jobs pioneered the concept of the personal computer and of navigating them by clicking onscreen images with a mouse. In more recent years, he introduced the iPod portable music player, the iPhone and the iPad tablet - all of which changed how we consume content in the digital age.

Jobs' death, while dreaded by Apple's legions of fans, was not unexpected. He had battled cancer for years, took a medical leave from Apple in January and stepped down as chief executive in August because he could "no longer meet (his) duties and expectations."

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