chaneun
Sep 4 2006, 12:04 AM
http://au.news.yahoo.com/060904/23/10ebv.htmlRIP. brb ill edit this.
QUOTE
Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin has been killed in a stingray attack near Cairns on Australia's far north coast.
It was believed Irwin had been swimming off the coast of Cairns when he was stung.
"It is understood he was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest," Brisbane's Courier Mail reported this afternoon.
Irwin was best known for his documentary series "The Crocodile Hunter".
He was born in Victoria and found his love of animals after following in his father's footsteps, volunteering his services to the Queensland Government's East Coast Crocodile Management program.
He spent years living on his own in the mosquito infested creeks, rivers and mangroves of North Queensland, catching huge crocodiles single-handed.
In June 1992, he married American Terri Raines after they met when she visited Irwin's Australia Zoo.
The 44-year-old is survived by his wife and two children, Bindi and Robert.
RiC3xBoy
Sep 4 2006, 12:04 AM
dinoooRAWR
Sep 4 2006, 12:21 AM
RIP
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that hecka sucks !
starlette
Sep 4 2006, 01:45 AM
QUOTE
Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition, police said. He was 44.
Irwin was filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland state when the accident occurred, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. said Irwin was diving near Low Isles Reef near the resort town of Port Douglas, about 1,260 miles north of the state capital of Brisbane.
:(
Though I have to say, for a crock hunter thats gotta be a great way to go. Kinda like an actress downing a bottle of pills. Its a great way to go for your line of work. Thats pretty amazing though. I mean, that he wasn't killed by a crocodile first. Stilla little sad tho.
mverzyl
Sep 4 2006, 03:03 AM
I just found out about this when checking stuff online. I used to watch all of his stuff. This is shocking. i mean, what a way to go. his poor family. 
Funkadelic Kiss
Sep 4 2006, 03:03 AM
Wow. I use to think that it was photoshopped or something 
. I guess not. That's sad, I use to always watch that show when I was younger. Now I have to watch reruns . Dammit.
aubbob
Sep 4 2006, 03:06 AM
i'm saddened.
he was a great conservationist. i loved his show.
i'm gonna miss watching that gnarly guy.
wind&fire
Sep 4 2006, 03:23 AM
He was stung by the stingray then died half an hour later due to a heart attack that was caused by the stingrays toxins in its tail...
Heard it at uni...
alysaphobia
Sep 4 2006, 04:19 AM
some friends told me @ school today, i honestly thought they were joking... i mean, it's steve irwin. how can he be dead?
blegh.
HakunaMatata
Sep 4 2006, 09:26 AM
He always seemed so invinvible to me.
R.I.P. What an extraordinary soul.
Spoonzzile
Sep 4 2006, 10:57 AM
Shocking, indeed. Feel sorry for his family. Who knew he would be killed by a stingray.
me1issaaaa
Sep 4 2006, 10:59 AM
I loved that guy. He was my boyfriend's little brother's hero. He's crushed.
RIP ]:
This is so hard to comprehend. The guy was like a legend.
DarkImpressions
Sep 4 2006, 11:22 AM
Yea. That is really sad that he had to die, I mean after messing with all those crocs you would think he is bound to survive anything,i used to watch his show ,I feel so bad for his family and his 2 very small kids,I hope they are OK i just cant belive he died.
Paul M. is baaack
Sep 4 2006, 12:03 PM
Ah, but the thing is though, critcize for handling crocodiles and snakes all you want, it never killed him. He lived life to the absolute feel, and I completely admire him for it. God bless him.
WHIMSICAL 0NE
Sep 4 2006, 12:53 PM
I feel bad for his family he has like an 8 year old and 3 year old. It's sad, esspecially that the youngest probablly won't remember him much, although i'm sure his memory will stay a live for a long time.
He was always kind of annoying; that's a hell of a way to go.
liloandstitchx3
Sep 4 2006, 02:50 PM
Y'know, when I was growing up, I always used to think he was something like invincible because of all the crazy things he did.
Dang, he was awesome. RIP.
ANG33ZY
Sep 4 2006, 02:55 PM
R.I.P. ;[
xforgottenlove
Sep 4 2006, 03:06 PM
omg.. i used to LOVEE watching his show !!! wow... what a shock. he was awesome i loved his accent ;D well RIP<3
ST3PHANIE
Sep 4 2006, 03:11 PM
This is soo sad I found out last night >:( I never thought he could die because he was such a dare devil. Im really sad for him to go..especially like this. I was watching the news today and only 1500 people in U.S water get stung a year.... and out of the 1500 deaths are rare.
r.i.p
towntown2
Sep 4 2006, 03:19 PM
He's like Superman. Everyone thought that he'd be immune to deadly animals, you know?
It's too rare for a stingray to pierce a heart, but I guess it's his time. I've always loved his show. Whenever I come across it, I'd watch it.
Another forum I was on suggested sending a letter of condolences on behalf of the whole forum.
CB should do that, too.
ST3PHANIE
Sep 4 2006, 04:18 PM
QUOTE(towntown2 @ Sep 4 2006, 1:19 PM)
Another forum I was on suggested sending a letter of condolences on behalf of the whole forum.
CB should do that, too.
Yeah! thats a really good idea ^^
This Confession
Sep 4 2006, 04:47 PM
Yea I saw this on the news this morning at like 6 this morning.
Me and my dad and his girlfriend were rather shocked by it, for how much he has done and then dies from a stingray. I saw the video about him as well.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/04/a...rwin/index.htmlIts on there as well. The story and a short video I think it was on there.
Anyway
r.i.p
pandamonium
Sep 4 2006, 06:47 PM
I just heard the new i watched a video on comcast .net and he recently also made headlines by doing a show and there was a big crocodile that he was feeding while holding his 1 month baby in his arms. He had to explain himself to the public why he did that .
But this news is shocking. They said the sting was next to his heart or something.
RIP.
Kathleen
Sep 4 2006, 07:05 PM
I feel so bad. I remember all the horrible jokes about him dying in the past. I never thought he'd actually ever die from doing these things. R.I.P., Steven Irwin.
goodcharlotte
Sep 4 2006, 07:08 PM
He was my hero.
R.I.P., Steve Irwin.
digital.fragrance
Sep 4 2006, 07:09 PM
It's terrible...
I feel bad for his family.
technicolour
Sep 4 2006, 07:10 PM
Rest in Peace, man.
No one saw this coming.
slammin shelby
Sep 4 2006, 07:27 PM
When I woke up this morning and heard my mom saying something about my step-dad about an e-mail she had gotten about Steve Irwin.
We have a few friends in Austraila and she couldn't sleep, so my mom was reading her email at 2 am (afternoon Aussie time). She got an email from someone who worked with Steve.
When she told me he had died, I started crying. I know it's really sad, but I did.
I have looked up to Steve since I was like, 7. He was always a hero of mine because of his love of animals.
In 2003 the same person came to our national Silky Terrier (Austrailan breed of dog) National Show. For our auction she had a book by him and Terri and my mom bid on it and won it for me. She came to our room later and asked me if I wanted, I could write a letter to him and she would personaly give it to him.
Two months later I got a package back from Austraila. From her, and enclosed was a letter saying "I gave the letter to Steve and Terri and they sent you a few things in return".
Steve had written me a letter (not just some assiant of theirs, but him) and he signed it. They sent me the book back both had signed it and a few things from the Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland. I have the book and the letter wrapped up someplace, I would have to find it. I have a magnet though on my fridge (lol.).
I think he was a really awesome person for a young kid to look up to. He showed not to have fear of the world, and to always go for your dreams.
It's really sad. I plan on sending a card to Terri and the family our friend said she would e-mail her address back to us.
He was not only an icon in Austraila but here as well.
My Cinderella.
Sep 4 2006, 07:55 PM
NOOO! I loved him and his show. R.I.P.
yrrnotelekktric
Sep 4 2006, 08:41 PM
my reaction: "awwww. thats hella sad! "
my 7 year old cousin`s: *starts to cry*
BUT BUT, I LOOOVED HIS SHOWW!
I WATCHED IT EVERYDAY!when he really only watched like one..
but seriously, steve irwin was awesome.
Relentless
Sep 4 2006, 09:26 PM
Yeah, I heard the news like this morning, a friend of mine told me. That's so sad... He was a pretty cool guy and I like watching his show on Animal Planet. I wonder if there gonna show re-runs.. He's so awesome. Stoopid sting-ray -.-" On some other news, it said that it went through his chest & his heart, ouch.
R.i.P Steve.
KissMe2408
Sep 4 2006, 11:00 PM
I was so shocked when I heard this today.
I guess it never entered my mind that he could actually die while doing this stuff. I mean come close to death, sure. Or be incredibly stupid while doing so, yah. But actually die? Ah, I was very shocked.
This is so sad =(
oXMuhNirvanaXo
Sep 5 2006, 01:39 PM
Hell of a way to die you know.
Rip.
I always thought he would die from a Crocodile.
O well. <3 Rip
me1issaaaa
Sep 5 2006, 04:46 PM
I heard on Good Morning America this morning that there have only been 3 reported deaths from any kind of sting ray incident, including Steve Irwin.
It seems so surreal. I loved that guy so much.
Funkadelic Kiss
Sep 5 2006, 06:29 PM
QUOTE(**TAJII*** @ Sep 4 2006, 9:22 AM)
Yea. That is really sad that he had to die, I mean after messing with all those crocs you would think he is bound to survive anything,
Word. I though he was untouchable, I guess not . His death was sad.
Kathleen
Sep 5 2006, 07:36 PM
QUOTE(slammin shelby @ Sep 4 2006, 8:27 PM)
When I woke up this morning and heard my mom saying something about my step-dad about an e-mail she had gotten about Steve Irwin.
We have a few friends in Austraila and she couldn't sleep, so my mom was reading her email at 2 am (afternoon Aussie time). She got an email from someone who worked with Steve.
When she told me he had died, I started crying. I know it's really sad, but I did.
I have looked up to Steve since I was like, 7. He was always a hero of mine because of his love of animals.
In 2003 the same person came to our national Silky Terrier (Austrailan breed of dog) National Show. For our auction she had a book by him and Terri and my mom bid on it and won it for me. She came to our room later and asked me if I wanted, I could write a letter to him and she would personaly give it to him.
Two months later I got a package back from Austraila. From her, and enclosed was a letter saying "I gave the letter to Steve and Terri and they sent you a few things in return".
Steve had written me a letter (not just some assiant of theirs, but him) and he signed it. They sent me the book back both had signed it and a few things from the Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland. I have the book and the letter wrapped up someplace, I would have to find it. I have a magnet though on my fridge (lol.).
I think he was a really awesome person for a young kid to look up to. He showed not to have fear of the world, and to always go for your dreams.
It's really sad. I plan on sending a card to Terri and the family our friend said she would e-mail her address back to us.
He was not only an icon in Austraila but here as well.
Awww. Wow. He seemed (this just further supports it) like a genuinely good person, you know? I mean.. you see celebrities on TV, and he was an altogether different breed of celebrity. One that a child could look up to, as you stated.
iheartjohn
Sep 5 2006, 07:58 PM
Rest in Peace, Steve Irwin.
I hope his family is doing okay.
twinkle915
Sep 5 2006, 10:14 PM
he was such an animal lover :[ atleast he died from dong something that he LOVED rip steve irwin
alysaphobia
Sep 7 2006, 10:04 AM
i feel so sad about his death, and even more saddended for his family; and his youngest child is only 3, how terrible...
msn news said steve actually pulled the stingray barb out of his chest by himself before slowly drifting into unconsciousness...
mipadi
Sep 7 2006, 12:45 PM
QUOTE(wind&fire @ Sep 4 2006, 4:23 AM)
He was stung by the stingray then died half an hour later due to a heart attack that was caused by the stingrays toxins in its tail...
Heard it at uni...
It actually wasn't the poison. Stingray poison is fairly slow-acting in humans. However, the tail barb is like a knife. He died from a stab wound to the heart.
wind&fire
Sep 11 2006, 12:42 AM
QUOTE(mipadi @ Sep 8 2006, 3:45 AM)
It actually wasn't the poison. Stingray poison is fairly slow-acting in humans. However, the tail barb is like a knife. He died from a stab wound to the heart.
uhhh I'm in Australia right now... thats what the news people said and i think they realease more information here about that subject here then they do there in the US...
they want people to donate to
http://www.wildlifewarriors.com/
DarkImpressions
Oct 5 2006, 12:35 AM
That was really sad when was hs funeral and stuff,his kids were so small.
Trinie
Oct 5 2006, 07:53 AM
so sadd!!! :(
ldyxluvable
Dec 31 2006, 03:56 PM
r.i.p
My Cinderella.
Jan 25 2007, 09:49 PM
Dang, I miss seeing him on TV. I just realized, his death was on the same day as my best friend's birthday. Heh.
Sephora.
Jan 25 2007, 11:09 PM
Man, I loved Steve. Why did he have to die so early?
I miss you, Steve. ): <3 R.I.P
My Cinderella.
Jan 26 2007, 12:09 AM
I'm happy that his daughter is planning to follow in his footsteps though.
StubbornFemme
Jan 27 2007, 11:23 PM
I liked Steve Irwin since he basically the only person I liked to watch on Animal Planet and his daughter is adorable. But I find it funny how everybody's giving him lots of big recognition and showing his shows more often now than when he was alive.
annonymous.
Feb 5 2007, 01:14 AM
QUOTE(My Cinderella. @ Jan 25 2007, 9:09 PM)
I'm happy that his daughter is planning to follow in his footsteps though.
Really? That's cute, and I'd love to see his daughter take over his show one day.
A mini Steve. How cute would that be?! Haha. I hope they won't die the same way, though.
We still miss you Steve. I wish this wasn't true......
bpgoalie24
Feb 20 2007, 05:36 PM
old news
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