RIP steve irwin, crocodile hunter Options

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/060904/23/10ebv.html


RIP. brb ill edit this.

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.

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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.