Steve Irwin

[Guest Ferret1959]

What a sad shame.

A total nutcase but great to watch.

A sad lost to entertainment.

 

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/2...dilehunter.html

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5311298.stm

Edited September 4, 2006 by Ferret1959

[Elton]

Gutted.

 

I loved his programmes

[TubularBelle]

Thats very sad, I actually feel like crying. Those poor little kids.

[medwaygreen]

Can not believe he's gone such a great loss for his family.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

It is some what ironical that after all the risk Steve took during his life that a sting from a ray should kill him.

 

I often thought his activities with snakes and crocs would one day come to an untimely end, he had a bad habit of sticking his hand down holes which no one else would ever take on.

 

A sad end for someone who enjoyed life and its' adventure as much as he did.

[Davy Holt]

It is some what ironical that after all the risk Steve took during his life that a sting from a ray should kill him..

 

The reports are suggesting it wasn't the sting, it was the barb that went through his chest.. tis a sad day

 

This from http://www.news.com.au

 

September 04, 2006 02:14pm

Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, is dead.

 

He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said. It is understood he was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest. He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary when the tragedy occured. Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality this morning at Batt Reef off Port Douglas. Irwin's body is being flown to Cairns.

 

It is believed Mr Irwin's American-born wife Terri is trekking on Cradle Mountain in Tasmania and is yet to be told of her husband's death.

 

Mr Irwin - known worldwide as the Crocodile Hunter - is famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry "Crikey!". The father of two's Crocodile Hunter program was first broadcast in 1992 and has been shown around the world on cable network Discovery. He has also starred in movies and has developed the Australia Zoo wildlife park, north of Brisbane, which was started by his parents Bob and Lyn Irwin.

 

A Tourism Queensland spokeswoman today said the death was shocking and paid tribute to Irwin's "enormous contribution" to his adopted state. Louise Yates said it was impossible to quantify how much Mr Irwin had meant to the Queensland tourism industry. "It would be difficult to estimate how much he was worth. And it would be difficult to underestimate." She said Mr Irwin had been a larger-than-life ambassador. "It's not just what he brought but what he took with him when he travelled, his passion." Australia Zoo, on southeast Queensland's Sunshine Coast, employs more than 500 people and attracts thousands of visitors every day. But Ms Yates said it would be "unfair and unjust" to put a dollar value on Irwin's worth to the state, because of how much he had given.

Edited September 4, 2006 by Davy Holt

[lyn]

Matthew will be upset he thought he was great. I just saw it on the news .I suppose he diced with death once to often, still a very young age to die.

 

lyn

[Clifftop]

It is some what ironical that after all the risk Steve took during his life that a sting from a ray should kill him.

 

I often thought his activities with snakes and crocs would one day come to an untimely end, he had a bad habit of sticking his hand down holes which no one else would ever take on.

 

A sad end for someone who enjoyed life and its' adventure as much as he did.

 

 

he was a risk taker but a very entertaining one, i think every one of us has said at one time or another ''when i go etc etc.'' so i suppose he was lucky in the respect that he died doing what he loved doing best.

He will be missed no doubt about that.

[corydoras]

he was a risk taker but a very entertaining one, i think every one of us has said at one time or another ''when i go etc etc.'' so i suppose he was lucky in the respect that he died doing what he loved doing best.

He will be missed no doubt about that.

I for one will miss him very much indeed. He did a lot for the cause of wildlife in OZ.

[RobStubbs]

Heard it on the radio and it is sad news. I guess the only good thing if you can use such wording is that he died doing what he loved.

 

Rob.