Steve Irwin - Dead

[Anaisa]

Although I disagreed with some of what he did with animals at times. He helped stop those despicable "Crocodile safaris" from going ahead. My dad discussed the issue with several wildlife conservationalist charities, an not just were they not even aware of the issue, but as far as I know they didn't even get involved. So it's a shame he died. He genuinely cared about the animals conservation. Unlike many people that work with animals in television, who are only in it for the money, an have no consideration for the animals involved.

[Leen-Leen]

I woke up and saw this on the news, and I was really shocked. I didn't expect him to die like that, actually. I thought he would die when he was old, and peacefully. When you watched the show, you just started to like him. That's the kind of person he was. RIP ...

[Rostum]

Wow his wife doesn't even know ?!?!?!

I read that too. That she's off trekking in some mountains with no contact. How devastating.

Yeah, her and the kids didn't know for sometime. But during the afternoon they were heading back on a plane. Feel sorry for them. =(

[Shlup]

From MySpace...

<center><font size="5">Take a moment, close your eyes, and say a prayer.</font></center>

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<center><font color="red">Steve Irwin, lovingly known as the Crocodile Hunter, died on Monday doing what he loved; capturing wildlife on film in its own demain.</font> </center>

<center><b>While filming Stingrays in the Great Barrier Reef, Steve Irwin was hit in the chest by a stingray and died from cardiac arrest before help could reach him.</b></center>

<center>Irwin and his wife were very much in love, and now she will have to face life without the person she needs. His two young children will grow up without knowing the wonders of their father.</center>

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<center><font color="red">If you ever watched The Crocodile Hunter, you'd know what an impact that Steve has made on the past decade of research. He bravely went where no man has gone, and he has done milestones in zoology and other forms of science.</font></center>

<center>Kids, teens and adults alike will join in their mourning of this great, charismatic Australian.</center>

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<center><font size="5">Remember Steve Irwin, loved by all. Remember our Crocodile Hunter.</font></center>

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I mostly posted this because I like the last picture, where he's apparently captured a rare model train.

[Elite Lord Sigma]

Sincerely, I thought that this was a joke when I first heard it. I still can't believe that he died from a stingray. However, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't have an underlying feeling that this would happen to him one day. But still, he was a great man, to say the least. He entirely embodied the spirit of Australia. May he rest in peace.

[Shadow8017]

I tire of all the people chiming in with anything to the effect of "it was bound to happen sometime" Ok dont know if anyone told you this but death awaits us all, it will happen to us all "eventually". Just remember its not how long you live its what you do with it, and frankly I think this guy's got us all beat out with that. He put his heart and soul into something he was very passionate about. People critisize him for needlessly putting himself in harms way of animals just for the sake of good television and therefore label him as some kind of Aussie "hack". It's my humble opinion all he was trying to do was to build awareness for these animals in ways that people just quite hadn't experienced before, in other words he was probably acutely aware of how prone we Americans are to not giving a damn especially when it comes to things like animals and the environment and such things so that he came up with a way that actually GRABBED our attention and guess what? It worked.

I get worked up when I read negative posts about a guy that committed himself so much to such a good cause. While his death was untimely, its no reason at all to ridicule what he did with his life as "stupid" and "bound to happen". It's one thing to die, its another to truly live.

[Shlup]

I don't see anywhere in this thread anyone saying anything about his career, or himself, being "stupid."

[Skogs]

[The Shoeless Hobo]

I heard on the news that when Steve Irwin was stabbed in the heart by the sting ray's tail, he actually pulled it back out...and then collapsed.

[bipper]

Crikey

This said it all.

[Larahl]

I miss him so much.

[zell_and_squall_have_***]

I was pretty shocked when I heard it, too, but at least he died doing what he loved/was best at. RIP mate.

[Twilight Edge]

Man, I love Crocodile Hunter.

RIP Steve,you shall live in all hearts forever as long as there are crocodiles on this planet,for each crocodile shall remind us of your brave deeds to capture the beauty of these feared reptiles.

[~SapphireStar~]

I always seen him being killed by a croc, but by stringray, I cant believe it. They are usualy so gentle, Ive stroked one! He was a little annoying, but still he was n entertainer and a family man, so may he R.I.P.

[your.mind.is.on.the.line]

When I first heard that, I didn't believe it. I was shocked. I came out of denial, when I stumbled across a new's article. (I first heard it on a MySpace bulletin). Atleast he died doing what he loved to do, more than I can say for most people.