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He was one of a handful of executives who visited the Apple co-founder to say goodbye the day before Jobs died, according to the book “After Steve” by Tripp Mickle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

“I don’t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me,” Putin reportedly told Trump, according to the book cited by the Times.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

Levin once even drew an equivalence between his newfound passion and his former development work, according to the book, saying “there’s very little difference between water, electricity and television.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

When documentary filmmaker Kit Fitzgerald interviewed him for a 1981 television special, he had just sold his air conditioner because he was broke, according to the book “Anger.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

Toby was disappointed, but he had to admit that according to the book there was another way.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder




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