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CUPERTINO Calif. Apple is holding a private memorial service for employees to celebrate the life of company co-founder and former chief executive
Steve Jobs. The service announced to
Apple employees in an email by CEO
Tim Cook is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at company headquarters in Cupertino. It will also be webcast to employees worldwide.
Apple plans to close its retail stores for several hours so employees can watch the service online according to a person familiar with the matter. The person was not authorized to speak publicly about the issue and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The service will take place in the campus outdoor amphitheater according to Cooks email.
The celebration is for 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 Cook wrote.
The event follows a memorial at Stanford University last Sunday for friends and family. That service at Memorial Church reportedly brought out tech titans including Oracle chief Larry Ellison and Microsofts
Bill Gates as well as politicians including
Bill Clinton.
U2 frontman Bono and
Joan Baez reportedly performed.
Jobs died on Oct. 5 at age 56 after a battle with
pancreatic cancer.
