Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bill Atkinson at the Apple Expo in France in 1987. Bill Atkinson died on June 5 after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 74.

Bill Atkinson died on June 5 after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 74. Atkinson was one of the earliest Apple employees, responsible for key Mac software and its graphical user interfaces. But he ...