Crock Hunter Steve Irwin Dead

Aweful news, even though we all knew it was comming.

Someone ought to make a fan site in honor of this guy.
 
It just doesn't seem real. I thought it was a joke. This is really sad. He was a great guy. One of the very few people the world loved. I even knew hard core gang members that thought he was cool.

Rest in peace!
 
I agree this is really sad. And on thing is what is going to happen to the animal televison market. He mad a show that was just not here look at the animal behind the fence. It was interactive and he had a passion that came threw the camera so well. I wonder if we will get to see the Doc he was working on. And I know it is tragic but I wonder if they got the sting on camera?

RIP my friend and Crikey must live on.
 
Man.........Im just lost for words at this time. He was a true blue Aussie... all heart.
 
Just checked back home. Everyone is very upset by this. My sister lives just 15 mins drive from Australia Zoo and told me how she was out there just 4 weeks ago watching him as proud as punch as Bindi performed in the show.

Just about every local is heading out there tonight to lay flowers. I realise his death pales in comparison to other world events right now, but from our point of view in these times he brought many of us a little happiness. Im sure many people from other countries feel the same if the sentiments already stated on this forum are anything to go by.

RIP mate.
 
Poor sod. I feel really sorry for him...and what a way to go. Sigh...He was a good guy, and now that the original is gone, we're gonna find millions of croc hunter spinoffs (moreso than there is now)
 
very sad news...

"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin Killed
Famed adventurer, environmentalist and TV personality Steve Irwin, known around the world as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition off the coast of Queensland, Australia; he was 44. According to initial reports, Irwin had been filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef, and was diving near Low Isles Reef, about 1,260 miles north of Queensland capital Brisbane. Irwin was felled by a stingray barb through his chest, and his crew immediately called authorities for medical treatment, but Irwin was dead before an emergency helicopter arrived on the scene. The son of naturalists, Irwin spent his whole life around animals, and was raised at the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park. He quickly grew into an animal expert, with a specialty in reptiles, and was catching crocodiles by the age of 9; later, he spearheaded Australia's crocodile relocation program, capturing the animals from populated areas and either returning them to their natural environment or raising them in the Queensland Park. In 1991, Irwin took over the running of the park, which was renamed the Australian Zoo (and would become a major tourist destination), and a year later he married his wife Terri, with whom he would have two children. The footage from their crocodile-trapping honeymoon was later fashioned into the first episode of his TV series Crocodile Hunter, and Irwin was catapulted to instant worldwide fame, with his enthusiastic nature, fearless animal acumen, and his trademark phrase, "Crikey!" Irwin turned his television success into a feature film, 2002's The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, and in addition to his reptile passions, was an avid promoter of Australian tourism, including the recent Australia-Los Angeles campaign "G'Day LA!" In 2004, Irwin suffered one of his few bouts of negative publicity, when he fed a crocodile with one hand while holding his infant son with the other. Coming soon after the Michael Jackson "baby dangling" incident, Irwin was roundly drubbed by press reports, though he firmly insisted he was in control of the entire situation and his son was never in danger. In recent years, Irwin campaigned against wildlife hunts in Australia, specifically crocodile safaris
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may he RIP
 
ravinesedge said:
very sad news...



may he RIP
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You just had to post it too, didnt you, ravinesedge.

Oh well, its a real tragedy, though I honestly think he would have wanted to go out in a flash of blazes, with something more...
 
I never thought he would go-out when he was in the field cause he knew what he was doing. I always thought he'd slip in the bath tub or something. Kinda sucks.
Jason
 
There's so few people truly living life with such passion. When we lose someone with that kind of spark, it's truly sad. I hope his daughter carries on his tradition.
 
I knew of the guy and saw a few of his shows. I thought he was pretty cool. He actually made nature shows interesting. For some reason I never really thought he'd get killed. I just figured he knew what he was doing. If anything he'd get bitten by a snake or, well, a croc but I never saw this coming. In action films we always talk about doing our own stunts and blah blah blah but this guy was for real, out in elements he could tame but really only had so much control over. R.I.P Steve.

-Nate
 
Much respects for him. Hopefully he got a ton of youngsters interested in wild life and how important and beautiful it is. He made a positive difference in the world.
 
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