UPDATE: This news was first reported by 9to5Mac on Saturday. Apple Stores will be closed from 1 to 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday, according to 9to5Mac's Mark Gurman.
Apple will close some of its Apple Store outlets for an hour or longer Wednesday, likely to coincide with a celebration of the late Steve Jobs' life being held at the company's Cupertino, Calif. headquarters, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Jobs, a co-founder of Apple and its visionary CEO during the company's most successful and groundbreaking eras, died at the age of 56 on Oct. 5 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer.
Apple Store employees were told that the company had scheduled a private event Wednesday and would be closing select retail stores at some point that day, though they weren't specifically told that the temporary closing of their doors was a gesture being done to honor Jobs, the Journal reported, citing unnamed sources "familiar with the matter."
The employees-only celebration of Jobs' life was announced in an email to Apple staff from CEO Tim Cook, according to the Journal. Cook told Apple employees that the company wanted "to take time to remember the incredible things Steve achieved in his life and the many ways he made our world a better place."
One source cited by the newspaper said the celebration was expected to last for up to three hours.
Family and friends held a small, private funeral for Jobs on Oct. 7. On Sunday, a much larger private memorial service was held at Stanford University, with former U.S. president Bill Clinton, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, Google CEO Larry Page, and U2 lead singer Bono reportedly among the hundreds of people in attendance.
Though Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, he still oversaw the creation, production, and marketing of best-selling Apple products and services like the iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air, iTunes, and App Store, all while dealing with health issues serious enough to force him to undergo a liver transplant in 2009.
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