Steve Irwin AKA Croc Hunter Dies at 44

[alucard666]

i was suprised to hear it, i use to watch his show.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20060903-2211-obit-crocodilehunter.html

[odinmm]

he did have a good show, I and my friend will miss him. I found out when my dad started to read the story on MSN's web site, I was like 'how'. he will be missed, but he did die doing what he loved, right?

[Gogatsu]

On 4 September 2006, Irwin was fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray off the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia while filming a segment for his daughter Bindi Irwin's underwater documentary called "Deadly Sea Creatures"

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/steve-irwin-killed-by-stingray/2006/09/04/1157222051512.html

[Cowboychamploo44]

:( On 4 September 2006, Irwin was fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray off the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia while filming a segment for his daughter Bindi Irwin's underwater documentary called "Deadly Sea Creatures"

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/steve-irwin-killed-by-stingray/2006/09/04/1157222051512.html
Aw poor Steve V_V

[Aratos]

Tradgedy. I'm in shock, I really am. Haven't yet quite grasped the fact he's dead.

[Gogatsu]

he did have a good show, I and my friend will miss him. I found out when my dad started to read the story on MSN's web site, I was like 'how'. he will be missed, but he did die doing what he loved, right?

Yeah he did, but of all things a sting ray. I think he would have prefered going out while fighting off a pack of crocodiles or some huge behemoth mammal or fish.

[ParaKiss]

Crikey! Bet no one saw this coming...

I still can't get over how he died... It's like... 1:1 000 000 to die by getting stung through the heart by a giant stingray barb.

The media's been pretty good about it. They haven't been harrassing his family and giving them space.

They're going to have to change the ad for Australian Zoo though. Bindi (Steve's daughter) says "You might see my dad there too..." in it. I feel so sorry for the girl... She looked up to her dad so much.

Rest In Peace Steve Irwin. He lived a short but fufilled life and experieced things in his short 40 years that would take others a lifetime and died doing what he loved best.

[JoannaZhou]

That's really sad :(...I've always like Steve Irwin for taking risks in the name of education. Though what really pisses me off is that on german TV (from which I saw the news today) they kept emphasising the time where he fed a crocodile whilst holding his baby, as if implying that it was his own fault. I find it hideous when the media judges the action of someone who died in an accident.

[ParaKiss]

If you haven't heard already, Steve Irwin died today on the 4th of September, on the Batt Reef, near Cairns. As a sign of respect for the Australian cultural icon, please place a turtle (tu) at the start of your MSN name, and forward this message on to others

It's been going around Australian forums. Half my MSN contact list have the turtle up.

[Aratos]

Turtle? Wha? Isn't that a bit, ah, morbidly stupid in the same way as those idiots sticking up an (R) in their name after the septembet 11th bombings?

Eh, maybe I'm jsut being cinical. I guess if it makes folk feel better...

[ParaKiss]

He's THE Aussie Icon. It's just to pay our respects. Kinda lame since it's only a turtle emote but it's the thought that counts. A lot of people are actually truly sad over his death (referring to a discussion over in an Australian forum)

[Aratos]

Eh, I see. Kinda. I'm still in a sort of "I still don't quite grasp the fact he's dead" stage. Suppose when you spend hours on a chat server with a bunch of Australians making jokes about him you do kinda feel a bit wierd when something like that actually happens.

[Kaoru]

Wow, that sucks.

[kite.]

you gotta admit it's a little out of place. You'd think he'd die from a crock but a sting ray? I loved that guy!

[YamPuff]

I just finished reading the Yahoo! article. :( I feel like I lost a favorite uncle or something. He was one of those guys everyone likes. And a stingray, of all things.

[Arcademan]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.html

Very sad news indeed. My condolences to his wife and two kids.

[Cowboychamploo44]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.html

Very sad news indeed. My condolences to his wife and two kids.
Steve Irwin....you will be missed

[YamPuff]

Its funny...you always imagine these guys as invincible.

[Kaoru]

Ugh...they have footage of it. I hope they never release it, or atleast I never see it. Who'd wanna see it anyways.

[Jacku]

Ugh...they have footage of it. I hope they never release it, or atleast I never see it. Who'd wanna see it anyways.

Oh goodness I hope not.

May he have a happy afterlife.

[omnistry]

Wicked tragic. :( :( :( :(

I really feel bad for his wife and kids. I don't know if they'll still continue on with his legacy.

[YamPuff]

Ugh...they have footage of it. I hope they never release it, or atleast I never see it. Who'd wanna see it anyways.
It'll prolly end up on YouTube somehow *shudders* :(

[Vicious]

To be honest, I thought he'd get killed by a crocodile.

Either way this sucks. I always enjoyed watching his shows, hell sometimes it was suspenseful!

He will definitely be missed.

[Kaoru]

It'll prolly end up on YouTube somehow *shudders* :(
Ugh...

[Jacku]

It'll prolly end up on YouTube somehow *shudders* :(


Don't people have any respect?

This isn't right.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5633/lookoutstevewm8.jpg

If that's supposed to be a joke that isn't funny.

[odinmm]

It'll prolly end up on YouTube somehow *shudders* :(

We don’t want that, it wouldn't be respectful.

I've been on another forum and there is no respect for the lost of Steve Irwin.

I still can’t believe that he is gone, and by a Sting ray too.

[ceana]

I can't believe how he died-the stinger pierced his chest, right through his heart. It didn't hit anything else. I hope his wife and kid will be okay.:( I liked Steve

[Kaoru]

This isn't right.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5633/lookoutstevewm8.jpg

If that's supposed to be a joke that isn't funny.
I'm not gonna lie...I found that a little funny. But the more you think of it the less it gets.

[zetsui101]

I can't believe how he died-the stinger pierced his chest, right through his heart. It didn't hit anything else. I hope his wife and kid will be okay.:( I liked Steve
I hope Terri, Bindi, and Robert will be okay, too. Esp. Bindi. it seemed liek she and steve had a really close father-daughter bond.it's kinda wierd that what Steve loved to do the most caused his death-handling dangerous animals. I didn't find out about his death until this morning when I logged online to AOL.

[Aquasakura]

I'm going to miss him. This morning my dady came to my room turn on the tv and told me the Crocodile hunter is dead. Right now I feel sad while watching his biography on animal planet. :(

[KaYoKitten]

>.< I feel like I've lost my best friend all over again...I know I didn't know him personally, but I'll always remember him. He was my favorite guy in the world, right next to Robin Williams. After Darwin's tortoise passed away, it was almost like the whole house was a tomb here. Now it's like a huge mausoleum. Everyone in my family misses him...even my very spiteful, I-hate-the-world little brother. He's in the other room watching the movie now and crying.

Steve Irwin, you'll be missed, man. May you rest in peace. (I hope. >.>...)

[Himura_77]

I just found a few hours ago, I'm suprised, like others, it's hard to believe. I used to watch some of his shows. Very sad event, he will be missed.

[Nekochii]

Such a tragedy. He was such a cheery fellow, but he died doing what he loved and I'm sure is legacy as the real life Crocodile Dundee will on for years to come.

[Glimmer17]

I figured it would happen sooner or later by how close he came to dieing in some of his shows. It is sad, he will be missed, but I am shocked he died this young yet.

R.I.P I wonder if Animal Planet channel will have a special on his shows?

[Nekochii]

Don't people have any respect?

This isn't right.
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/5633/lookoutstevewm8.jpg

If that's supposed to be a joke that isn't funny.
I guess I'm a horrible person cause I found that a little funny, but they should have at least waited a few weeks before making fun of his death. Right now people are going through something called "the grieving process".

Stage 1: Shock
Stage 2: Denial
Stage 3: Anger
Stage 4: Resolution

[KingN]

i heard he died, how sad. i hope his family takes it well.
his show was pretty good to.

[Glimmer17]

I guess I'm a horrible person cause I found that a little funny, but they should have at least waited a few weeks before making fun of his death. Right now people are going though something called "the grieving process".

Stage 1: Shock
Stage 2: Denial
Stage 3: Anger
Stage 4: Resolution

I think I'm still in the shocked stage.

[YamPuff]

I didn't know he was so liked. A lot of these celebrities get so liked that people start hating them. But...Steve Irwin was so down-to-earth, you could tell he was in it because he loved doing what he was doing and not for anything else.

[Aratos]

Grieving process indeed. I went denial, shock, philosophical rambling. Always do.

[animequeen20012003]

I always thought Steve Irwin would be killed by a crocodile

[ceana]

Rest in peace my friend! May you have many dangerous animals to tease in heaven

[Ragdoll-ish]

R.I.P. :(

I loved the fact that he was so passionate about his job. Makes me wish I could be at least half as dedicated to the things I do (my Karate-classes for example). I know it would take me very far...

[Aratos]

Hmm. Jay Pinkerton's payed tribute to Irwin (http://jaypinkerton.cracked.com/2006/09/steve_irwin_the_crocodile_hunt.php), I see. Good read, that.

We'll miss you, Steve. Hopefully you're in a better place now, with all manner of dangerous and poisonous mythical creatures—all of which are patiently waiting for you to walk up behind them while you yell excitedly at a camera, before lifting up their tails to prod curiously at their genitalia.

[Freakazoid]

Steve Irwin was cool. He was awsome at his job, and he died doing
what he loved.

[Aratos]

he died doing
what he loved.

I wish folk'd stop saying that. It's as if somehow dying doing what you love is better than dying in other ways. It's still dying!

[YamPuff]

I would prefer dying doing what I loved than dying slowly due to cancer or something.

[TonightMidnight]

I thought his show was hilarious, but I wasn't surprised to hear that he died. Messing with dangerous animals can kill you, ya know? But the irony of it all is that stingrays are supposed to be calm creatures.

But two years ago I said to my friend, "Watch...that man is gonna die soon." And...well...I was right...he did.

I feel bad for his wife and kids and I will miss his show.

[renrenren]

i heard the news yesterday & was shocked. it's like the time aaliya died. bad things happen to good people. 1st his dog now him. sigh. T_T

[Talim]

Mr. Croky died ... may he rest in peace. Yep ...

[Nekomandy17]

It's pretty hard to believe that he died, He almost seamed invinceable. I used to really enjoy his show. He did what he loved to do even though it was dangerous. An amazing man to chase such a dream. He did more daring things in a week of his life than many do in a lifetime. Rest in peace Steve, you'll be very missed. I certainly hope that his family will be ok....

[TonightMidnight]

Seriously...I do not understand why people were surprised at Irwin's death. Look at his job. It was bound to happen sometime...

[omnistry]

Seriously...I do not understand why people were surprised at Irwin's death. Look at his job. It was bound to happen sometime...

We talked about that on my radio show today (see Ep. 8 blog); and I disagree. I always thought he would die either falling down the stairs at his house or choking on a sandwich. You know, something non-animal related. Seriously, I'm not joking.

[Nekochii]

I thought he would die of old age or something. He just seemed so in control when dealing with dangerous animals. I remeber seeing footage of him feeding chicken carcass to a crocodile while holding his one month infant. I wonder what he was thinking during the last seconds before he died...

[ParaKiss]

I wonder what he was thinking during the last seconds before he died...

Most likely:
"Crikey! What a beauty of a stingray. If someone was to get stung by one of these..."

[YamPuff]

I thought he would die of old age or something. He just seemed so in control when dealing with dangerous animals. I remeber seeing footage of him feeding chicken carcass to a crocodile while holding his one month infant. I wonder what he was thinking during the last seconds before he died...
Yeah, I mean, look at David Attenborough; he's been all over the world with all sorts of animals since the days of black-and-white TV. Not doing quite as many dangerous things, true, but an accident could have happened at any time.

I dunno, maybe Jeff Corwin will be the next Steve Irwin.

[Aratos]

I would prefer dying doing what I loved than dying slowly due to cancer or something.

Eh, please yourself. I have no plan on dying full stop, personally.

[TonightMidnight]

I thought he would die of old age or something. He just seemed so in control when dealing with dangerous animals. I remeber seeing footage of him feeding chicken carcass to a crocodile while holding his one month infant. I wonder what he was thinking during the last seconds before he died...

The keywords: dangerous animals.

See, people don't seem to understand. They're called wild and dangerous animals for a reason. You're never in control so don't think you are. It doesn't even matter if you raise one from birth...there is still a large possibility that it will turn on you. Just look at the Sigfriend and Roy white tiger incident. And that wasn't a freak accident either, because stuff like that happens to owners of wild animals all the time. One random day their pet lion attacks them or someone else and in the end they're like, "Fluffy never acts like that. I don't know what happened!"

I do: Fluffy is a wild animal.

It only takes one thing to trigger a wild animal's natural instinct. Which is to attack and/or kill.

[YamPuff]

GlitterGal makes a valid point. Even dogs can flip on you and people think of them as harmless pets.

[Aratos]

Not to mention cats. They'll try to scratch a four-year-old's face off at the slightest provocation. Any animal has the potential to be dangerous, really.

[Jacku]

Hmm. But I thought he didn't even notice the stingray until it was too late.

:confused:

[Aratos]

He was filiming the thing at the time.

Besides, Stingray's are consdiered relatively non-dangerous.

[renrenren]

Eh, please yourself. I have no plan on dying full stop, personally.

lol oh i know huh? i mean i have no plans of dying & would love to be able to LIVE doing what i love but don't know about dying while doing something i love. wouldn't that be too ironic? just dying in your sleep during old age is the most comfortable & painless way to go isn't it? although maybe i want to say goodbye before i dye. but then again i'll be afraid if i knew i was dying & would cry for sadness because i don't want to depart with my loved ones. anyway...

[Aratos]

I repeat: I shall not die. I've managed to not die for almost 18 years now, and I have no plans on stopping any time soon.

That said, assuming I did wind up kicking the bucket I'd prefer not to know about it. Just a sudden thing, y'know? Vapourised by the bomb or something.

[YamPuff]

Not to mention cats. They'll try to scratch a four-year-old's face off at the slightest provocation. Any animal has the potential to be dangerous, really.
Not necessarily true; we have a feral cat that we let out into the streets at night; a good ol' wild street cat. And he's incredibly good-natured and gentle with kids. If they bother him, he either taps him with his paws or leaves. But its true any animal can turn on you.

[Kantami]

Aww poor him i liked him as well he made the programs more intresting why did he have to die!! *sob sob and i never knew stingrays can be so dangerous!

[Nekochii]

GlitterGal makes a valid point. Even dogs can flip on you and people think of them as harmless pets.
That's very true. I remember one time I was just watching TV, petting my dog. I guess I was petting him a little too hard because just snapped and bit my arm. He's not a big dog either and he's not the aggressive type so I was very shocked, but I guess over the years I've come to believe as him being part of the family that I just sort of forgot that he is an animal. I guess that's why people are always so suprised when their dogs bite their kids, and the always say the same thing. "He/she has never done this before", "He/she was always so well behaved", ect.

[TonightMidnight]

GlitterGal makes a valid point. Even dogs can flip on you and people think of them as harmless pets.

My friend's Dad raised a dog since birth and one day it just turned on him and sank its teeth into his arm. Now my friend's Dad has a huge scar from where the dog bit him. And the dog was even trained too. Anything can happen with animals. But the cute/funny thing is...their rottweiler tried to protect him when the other dog went ballastic.

[everhumble]

It made me kinda sad to learn he died. '_' mmm...

[omnistry]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Okp5FTKOB4

He knew how to make us laugh and learn. Apologize if posting this classic commercial is too much.

[zodac]

i was really shocked over this and i never even watched the croc hunter

[SILVERPATCHES]

It's amazing the amount of media coverage that's happened since his tragic death. Sometimes you never realize how much of an impact that one person can have on others, at least, not until they're gone.

[alvy-chan]

Oh my gosh, I found this out at school just a while earlier. O_O It's sad that he died doing something for his daughter :( And at 44, too. That's young. Too young.

[Nekochii]

Oh my gosh, I found this out at school just a while earlier. O_O It's sad that he died doing something for his daughter :( And at 44, too. That's young. Too young.
Considering what he does for a living, I say 44 is pretty good. It's still very sad though.

[animefan726]

This was so sad I grew up watching him

[Ichigosmiles]

It was all too soon.

Farewell Steve...

[KierEmJy0]

My boyfriend and I have never felt so sad about someone who we didn't even know personally dying. It's so wierd!

=( I miss Steve.. He was so great. I wish I could have gone to one of his shows at Australia Zoo before he died..

[Nekochii]

Why couldn't it be one of the celebrities who actually deserve to die like Britney Spears or Paris Hilton? Why couldn't one of them be killed by a stingray instead?

[YamPuff]

That is one of the world's unanswered mysteries. We need blonds like Spears and Hilton. And even when they go, more will step in to take thier place.

[skyefall]

I can't believe he actually died. After all he had done, this is how he goes. I think I heard somewhere that some Aussies are actually killing off stingrays now because of this.

No, we really don't need Spears & Hilton... I think the world would still turn without them. If only...

You know, I'm just glad this happaned after I got back from swimming with stingrays in the Grand Caymens. o_O I would've been freaking out otherwise.

[YamPuff]

They'll prolly make a movie now about stingrays; they'll be the new Jaws.

[Cowboychamploo44]

They'll prolly make a movie now about stingrays; they'll be the new Jaws.
Haha! I sure hope they don't do that O_o

[ceana]

There's been this thing going around that some people are killing stingrays to 'avenge' Steve's death. It makes me sad that they're killing them. :(
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2353742,00.html

[Kaoru]

Who didn't see that coming.

[Nekochii]

There's been this thing going around that some people are killing stingrays to 'avenge' Steve's death. It makes me sad that they're killing them. :(
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2353742,00.html
I had a funny feeling something like that would happen when I first heard about Irwin's death on the news.

[YamPuff]

Are people really that stupid? No wonder I have so little faith in humankind.

[Ichigosmiles]

Are people really that stupid? No wonder I have so little faith in humankind.

Ditto

[TonightMidnight]

Are people really that stupid? No wonder I have so little faith in humankind.

Um. CH-EAH! If it was a baby rabbit that somehow killed Irwin then people would be killing those too.

And did anyone hear about South Park mocking Irwin in a new episode? The episode showed Irwin at a Halloween party in Hell talking to Satan. Irwin had a stingray tail poking out of his chest. Actually, some guy even dressed up as him for Halloween...again with a bloody stingray tail sticking out of his chest. People are pretty pissed about this.

I think it's extremely tasteless on the guy and South Park's part.

[Cowboychamploo44]

And did anyone hear about South Park mocking Irwin in a new episode? The episode showed Irwin at a Halloween party in Hell talking to Satan. Irwin had a stingray tail poking out of his chest.
yea i saw that...

[YamPuff]

Since when was South Park known for its taste?

[Kaoru]

Since when was South Park known for its taste?
Exactly.

[AnimeDudde]

Yea... I mean, South Park mocks everything :rolleyes: I love it :D

[Meroko Yui]

ugh... I hate South Park. Steve Irwin was a good man, and he really loved animals. Unfortunately, he made a fatal mistake: pulling the barb out of his chest. If he hadn't, there would have been a possibility(albeit VERY slim) that he could have survived.

[Nekochii]

It's weird, when Steve Irwin was at Satan's party he had the stingray sticking out of his chest, but in the South Park universe they showed him being killed by a spinning helicopter blade in an earlier episode.

Also, it showed the stingray sticking out of Irwin's chest which meant it must of went to Hell with him, but didn't the stingray survive? :confused:

[TonightMidnight]

Since when was South Park known for its taste?

Never. But still...

[Kaoru]

It's weird, when Steve Irwin was at Satan's party he had the stingray sticking out of his chest, but in the South Park universe they showed him being killed by a spinning helicopter blade in an earlier episode.
Oh yea. Didn't think about that.