Tim Cook donated his liver to Steve Jobs

Apple CEO Tim Cook allegedly donated his liver to the late Steve Jobs as he was dying, a new book claims.

Mr Cook was reportedly so upset after a visit to the ailing Apple co-founder’s home that he offered to transfer part of his liver to Mr Jobs.

He had been battling pancreatic cancer since 2004 and needed a liver transplant in 2009.

Since the liver is a regenerative organ, Mr Cook’s idea could have worked. Mr Cook also discovered that the two men shared the same blood type.

But that was not the case: Mr. Jobs flatly refused to consider the proposal.

“He cut my legs off,” Mr. Cook said, “almost before I got the words out. ‘No,’ he said, ‘I’ll never let you do that. I’ll never do that.'”

The comments were reported in a new book about Mr. Jobs’ life, Becoming Steve Jobs, by Rick Tetzeli.

Mr Cook continued: “A selfish person doesn’t respond like that.

“I mean, here’s a guy, he’s dying, he’s very close to death because of his liver problem, and here’s someone healthy who offers him a way out.

“I said, ‘Steve, I’m perfectly healthy, I’ve been examined. Here’s the medical report. I can do this and I’m not putting myself in danger, everything will be fine.’

“And he doesn’t think about it. It wasn’t, ‘Are you sure you want to do this?’

“It was, ‘No, I’m not doing that!’ He came to me in bed and said that. And this was at a time when things were just terrible.

“Steve only yelled at me four or five times in the 13 years I knew him, and that was one of them.”

Mr. Jobs, who was opposed to surgery, underwent a liver transplant in March 2009.

He resigned as Apple’s chief executive in August 2011 and died in October at the age of 56.