Crocodile Hunter dies

[sportschick]

Reports: Australia's ‘Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin killed<P>
BRISBANE, Australia — Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed Monday by a stingray barb during a diving expedition, Australian media reported. He was 44.
The accident happened while Irwin was filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland state, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site.
The paper and other Australian media reporting the death cited police or state government sources.
Telephone calls to Australia Zoo, Irwin's zoo in southern Queensland, were not immediately answered.

 

[BYH]

He died while tempting fate for a TV show? Get out.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Oh, Crikey!

Seriously, that sucks. That was an entertaining show. But you knew he'd go out this way.

 

[Ashy Larry]

Who'd a thunk?


But very sorry to hear that.....entertaining show, and he has a young child too right?

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Who'd a thunk?


But very sorry to hear that.....entertaining show, and he has a young child too right?

He's got at least two kids from what I remember.

 

[Jones]

Yeah, he kind of fell out of favor after holding his baby while feeding a crocodile, Jacko style. Still, that megasucks. No boy should be without his dad.

Just saying, but that must have been one big motherforking stingray. Most of those jabs sting like heck, but I can't think many are fatal.

 

[dooley_womack1]

The man should never have worn shorts, but anyone who made zoology entertaining and informative is cool by me. R.I.P. And I hope the video that surely exists of the fatal incident never comes out.

 

[shotglass]

There's about 317 ways I could go on this one, but studies show that 87% of my audience has known somebody who died once, so I shall not oh-fend.

 

[Norman Stansfield]

Yeah, he kind of fell out of favor after holding his baby while feeding a crocodile, Jacko style. Still, that megasucks. No boy should be without his dad.

Just saying, but that must have been one big motherforking stingray. Most of those jabs sting like heck, but I can't think many are fatal.

The story on MSNBC.com said he took the barb to his chest. Could have gotten him in the heart, I guess.

 

[BigDog]

His wife apparently does not know yet. She's hiking, says Australian reports.

 

[markvid]

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

So everyone else finds out before her.
Stupid.

 

[lono]

He died while tempting fate for a TV show? Get out.

What's next, Paris Hilton getting an STD for a reality show?