Suijen
Sep 3 2006, 11:55 PM
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Steve Irwin dead
The naturalist and television star Steve Irwin has died in a diving accident in far north Queensland. He was 44.
Police say he was stung through the heart by a stingray while diving off Port Douglas.
He was filming a documentary when the accident occurred around midday AEST near the Low Isles.
A helicopter arrived with paramedics on board to try to resuscitate him, but it was too late.
Irwin's body is being taken to the morgue in Cairns.
His family are believed to be flying from Brisbane to Cairns this afternoon.
Irwin, who was was born in Victoria in 1962, inherited his love of reptiles from his father.
His father Bob was a keen reptile enthusiast and moved the family to Queensland in 1970 to open a small reptile park on the Sunshine Coast.
Irwin took over the family business in 1991 and grew it into Australia Zoo.
In 1992 he ventured into television, making the first series of the Crocodile Hunter.
When the program aired in the United States, he shot to international fame.
Irwin is survived by his wife Terri and two children.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1732439.htmRest in peace mate.
han2
Sep 4 2006, 12:00 AM
poor sod
...he was quite hilarious too... was really shocked when first heard the news...
just feel really sorry for his wife and kids, atm...
SagaciousLuDa
Sep 4 2006, 12:13 AM
wow to die by a stingray, i thought he would have died from a crocodiile
Metropolitan
Sep 4 2006, 12:16 AM
I was surely thinking 1 of those Australian Snakes woulda got him.
pun187
Sep 4 2006, 12:30 AM
R.I.P Crocodile Hunter
GluTTony
Sep 4 2006, 12:37 AM
cheer up guys there's still Jeff Corwin
RealManDrinksJuice
Sep 4 2006, 12:43 AM
OMG I WAS HIS BIGGEST FAN
I love everything about this guy. And I just love it when he shouted CRICKEY! It was a shame later on the station here dubbed his shows
RIP STEVE. I LOVE YOU.
jeff corwin is so fu-kin EMO lol
big_d!ck
Sep 4 2006, 01:07 AM
croikey..RIP mate
Jagger
Sep 4 2006, 01:08 AM
I'm still shocked at Crocodile Hunter's death.
I was a big fan of Steve Irwin. He was hilarious, and a daredevil when it came to dealing with animals. But with the kind of dangerous stunts he pulls, it was bound to happen one day.
Rest In Peace, mate.
LifeDreams
Sep 4 2006, 01:49 AM
Dayne....He has a very young son also. RIP mate.
yennie
Sep 4 2006, 01:57 AM
at first i thought it was joke, but i guess its true
although i dont reallie watch his shows, it was a very sad and random way to die
rip mr crocodile hunter
danoc
Sep 4 2006, 02:00 AM
amen..
SECURITY AT FIRST!
corky
Sep 4 2006, 02:02 AM
QUOTE(Suijen @ Sep 4 2006, 11:55 AM)
looks like they will have to chnge all the signs around the zoo to accomaate this legend.....
and his replacement is fu-ked............already
Jarhier
Sep 4 2006, 02:27 AM
RIP mate
i havent seen his show after that baby incident he pulled. anyway, at least he died what he loved to do.
rahul1000
Sep 4 2006, 09:37 AM
Good bye Steve. RIP mate.
I swear his death was by a stroke of god or whatever divine force. His death by a stingray is only the 3rd in Australia's history, odds of dying by a stingray are EXTREMELY low, thats what makes his death more shocking.
Still, can't beleive the guy is gone.
Sirikittong
Sep 4 2006, 10:24 AM
Good Bye. and God Bless, Mate.
Silent_Nanashi
Sep 4 2006, 10:37 AM
He did alot in the way of wildlife preservation and helped bring in money for endangered species protection. Great man, did more in his short life than a hundred other men.
Gretchen and the Hand Grenade
Sep 4 2006, 11:05 AM
And the wild animals of the planet give a huge sigh of relief. No more getting @$$-raped by that dumb fu-k's finger. Sorry, I just don't really give a $hit that he's dead.
Silent_Nanashi
Sep 4 2006, 11:20 AM
They could worse off like being poached, depleted, endangered, or extinct. Oh yeah, thats a manly way to die, hit in the heart with a sharp point, its up on the list with getting mauled/gored or being pulled into huge gears.
Gretchen and the Hand Grenade
Sep 4 2006, 11:23 AM
"Worse" doesn't make "bad" any better. Would you tell a woman who was raped "Well, be glad, at least he didn't kill you. What a nice guy!" Seriously, if he wanted to help animals then he could have done all the things he was already doing (donating money, etc) without running around like an insane moron shoving his fingers up snakes butts. I never had any respect for that guy.
Pauliek
Sep 4 2006, 11:52 AM
Gretchen, I think he needed the theatrics from his show to raise money for the wildlife causes. So, it's either extinction, or being annoyed by Steve Irwin. Actually, I'd choose extinction.
Gretchen and the Hand Grenade
Sep 4 2006, 12:09 PM
QUOTE(Pauliek @ Sep 4 2006, 11:52 AM)
Gretchen, I think he needed the theatrics from his show to raise money for the wildlife causes. So, it's either extinction, or being molested by Steve Irwin. Actually, I'd choose extinction.
Agreed.
bumb1ebee
Sep 4 2006, 12:13 PM
he was a good man
Pauliek
Sep 4 2006, 12:18 PM
QUOTE(Gretchen and the Hand Grenade @ Sep 4 2006, 12:05 PM)
And the wild animals of the planet give a huge sigh of relief. No more getting @$$-raped by that dumb fu-k's finger. Sorry, I just don't really give a $hit that he's dead.
You need to get in touch with your emotions
raspberry
Sep 4 2006, 01:31 PM
I don't think he would have had any regrets about his job. It's great that he died doing what he loved and not die as an old man regretting his life's work.
SagaciousLuDa
Sep 4 2006, 01:37 PM
he was like the australian jackie chan
Gretchen and the Hand Grenade
Sep 4 2006, 01:41 PM
QUOTE(SagaciousLuDa @ Sep 4 2006, 01:37 PM)
he was like the australian jackie chan
Hey, say what you want about Jackie Chan...but he never finger-raped a snake in his whole life...I hope...
tinman01
Sep 4 2006, 04:08 PM
say what you want but that guy was entertaining. I was always rooting for the animals though. LOL I wouldn't mind seeing the pictures of where that stingray got him though.
Crickeys that tail went right through me. arrrrrrgh
Mzphine
Sep 4 2006, 05:18 PM
AWWW dis suxs!!! I hate them stingy things now!!!
freefallz
Sep 4 2006, 10:16 PM
"Somethings in nature should be left alone."
BigBenChow
Sep 4 2006, 10:52 PM
RIP Steve Irwin.
Everybody, lets all listen to Savage Garden and throw a shrimp on the barbie in his honor!
yennie
Sep 5 2006, 01:08 AM
QUOTE(Gretchen and the Hand Grenade @ Sep 4 2006, 11:23 AM)
"Worse" doesn't make "bad" any better. Would you tell a woman who was raped "Well, be glad, at least he didn't kill you. What a nice guy!" Seriously, if he wanted to help animals then he could have done all the things he was already doing (donating money, etc) without running around like an insane moron shoving his fingers up snakes butts. I never had any respect for that guy.
dude its called entertainment ..lol at least he was better than that joe tucker guy
if neone still remembers him
freefallz
Sep 5 2006, 01:22 AM
QUOTE(Gretchen and the Hand Grenade @ Sep 5 2006, 02:05 AM)
And the wild animals of the planet give a huge sigh of relief. No more getting @$$-raped by that dumb fu-k's finger. Sorry, I just don't really give a $hit that he's dead.
Why do you even care? Are you a devout animal rights activist? LOL
Animals may find Irwin to be an annoying @$$ but at least he isn't that all pretentious. He does what he's doing to obtain financial backing for animal and environmental protection policies and programs. I'm not a full-on conservationist like Irwin, but even I can see the reason behind trading a few animal finger rapings (for entertainment which translates to $$$) for the prospect of protecting MANY MORE other animals from death.
Happy Asian
Sep 5 2006, 02:09 AM
He should've known better not to over the stingray.
Jagger
Sep 5 2006, 03:42 AM
The good Steve Irwin has done for animals and the environment far outweighs the bad he's done, and that's what matters most.
jason76
Sep 5 2006, 05:38 AM
My condolences to the family.
What's funny is that when I use to go fishing at this beach just south of Sorrento Quays in the evening big stingrays would swim around your ankles. I'll be staying on the beach from now on tho.
PervertBurger
Sep 5 2006, 07:52 AM
Crocodile Hunter's death caught on video
AP - Tue Sep 5, 5:52 AM ET
CAIRNS, Australia - Steve Irwin was videotaped pulling a poisonous stingray barb from his chest in his last moments of life, officials said Tuesday, as tributes poured in for TV's "Crocodile Hunter." Police said there was nothing suspicious about Irwin's death and no evidence he provoked the animal. Irwin, 44, was stabbed through the heart on Monday while snorkeling with a stingray during filming of a new TV program on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Ouch..
RIP Steve Irwin
snailpoo
Sep 5 2006, 10:08 AM
QUOTE(Gretchen and the Hand Grenade @ Sep 4 2006, 12:23 PM)
"Worse" doesn't make "bad" any better. Would you tell a woman who was raped "Well, be glad, at least he didn't kill you. What a nice guy!" Seriously, if he wanted to help animals then he could have done all the things he was already doing (donating money, etc) without running around like an insane moron shoving his fingers up snakes butts. I never had any respect for that guy.
Way to confuse the real man with his South Park carticature.
judy_maxwell
Sep 6 2006, 08:11 PM
rip mr. crocodile hunter. it's ironic how the first people to go are usually the ones who seem to live with so much gusto..
Miss Yuna (asian pride)
Sep 11 2006, 12:45 AM
RIP Steve Irwin you were Australia's Golden Horseshoe you put Australia on the map for being home of the Crocodile Hunter and not George Bush's lapdogs you will be missed *sniff*
but to think he died by a stingray and not a croc *sniff* he was such a nice fella i wish i would have gone seen him at Australia Zoo
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