article_snippet: Jobs had been suffering serious health problems as a result of Cook pancreatic cancer and by January 2009 - two years before Cook death - was in urgent need of a liver transplant.
article_snippet: Announces Announces has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has undergone surgery to remove tumour.
article_snippet: June 2009 Returns to work six months after taking time off for liver transplant as part of cancer treatment .
article_snippet: Because it is a regenerative organ, the transplanted portion will grow to a functioning size, while the donor's liver would also repair.
article_snippet: Cook died at Cook home on October 5, 2011, at the age of 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.