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Steve Jobs Obituary Accidentally Published by Bloomberg

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Gawker publishes (via SetteB.IT) what appears to be a draft of Steve Jobs' obituary that was accidentally released to the newswire yesterday. Gawker explains that pre-writing obituaries is relatively common:

But news organizations routinely prepare obituaries in advance, even for the healthy. And if Bloomberg readers had seen the internal story slug, "testjobs," their jitters might have abated. The obit, which we've obtained and reprinted after the jump, is a bit macabre to read but should not scare you out of your Apple shares

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