Wednesday afternoon, Bloomberg Magazine released an obituary of Steve Jobs, Apple’s Chief Executive Officer, who is actually still alive. The piece was pulled in less than half a minute, but it managed to create quite a fuss.

It is no news that famous persons’ obituaries are written in advance and also updated periodically. Alfred Nobel and Mark Twain are two huge figures who have had an unparalleled contribution to world science and literature, respectively and they have definitely stood the test of time. Well, their obituaries have, too. The former’s one, for example, in which he was called “the merchant of death,” is said to have inspired him to create the Nobel Prize.

Nevertheless, the Bloomberg blunder is not the first in this “killing spree.” In 2003, CNN accidentally published drafts of obituaries for Fidel Castro, Dick Cheney, Nelson Mandela, Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan.

Steve Jobs-53 and going strong-is the co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc and former CEO of Pixar Animation Studios. In 2007, he was listed as Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Businessman of 2007.

As for his health, it is to be noted that he has been through a lot. In 2004, he announced to his employees that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and, although the survival chances for this type of cancer are quite bleak, in July 2004, the tumor was successfully removed.

At present, Steve Jobs’ considerable weight loss has given rise to speculations about his health, leaving people wondering whether this might be due to a reoccurrence of the pancreatic cancer. There has been no official press release concerning this matter.

The only statement was made by Bloomberg editor Joe Winski and it concerned the retraction of the obituary.

Seems that Apple tycoon will not be saving a penny for the ferryman after all.