STEVE IRWIN IS DEAD
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=2391300
BRISBANE, Australia Sep 4, 2006 (AP)— Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition, Australian media 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 near the resort town of Port Douglas, about 1,260 miles north of Brisbane.
A helicopter carrying paramedics flew to the island, but he died from a stingray barb to the heart, ABC reported on its Web site.
Telephone calls to Australia Zoo, Irwin's zoo in southern Queensland, were not immediately answered.
Irwin is famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry "Crikey!" in his television program "Crocodile Hunter," which was first broadcast in Australia in 1992 and has aired around the world on the Discovery channel.
He rode his image into a feature film, and developed the Australia Zoo as a tourist attraction.
Irwin had received some negative publicity in recent years. In January 2004, he stunned onlookers at his Australia Zoo reptile park by carrying his 1-year-old son into a crocodile pen during a wildlife show. He tucked the infant under one arm while tossing the 13-foot reptile a piece of meat with the other.
Authorities declined to charge Irwin for violating safety regulations.
Later that year, he was accused of getting too close to penguins, a seal and humpback whales in Antarctica while making a documentary. Irwin denied any wrongdoing, and an Australian Environment Department investigation recommended no action be taken against him.
Comments
That seems to be a better article than the ABC one.
Quite ironic. Couldn't film for his most dangerous sea animals thing so he goes diving with some that apparently aren't dangerous and ends up dead.
And yet there are still those who think doctoring up a fake Pokémon screenshot of Steve Irwin with no HP against a Mantine is funny. Why is it that good people like Mr. Irwin die so young, but these jerks get to hang around and keep being jerks?
I'm an Australian citizen and must say that although I never particularly enjoyed Steve Irwin's shows or anything, it is still a great loss to our culture, as he was one of our icons.
>_< Bastards. Did they try to justify it with the "he was too close to the seals" crap like the people who made the Pokémon shot did? I don't see why anyone cares if he gets "too close" to the seals. News flash: He got "too close" to animals long before that. What's your beef now? (none of the news articles I've seen that mention the seal thing ever mention why it was so bad that he got so close)
I can't see how anyone can use such a poor excuse to bash on such a great man. He will be missed by many, including his family. Not only his 1 year old son as Lore said, but his 8 year old daughter, too. Death isn't easy to deal with when you're an adult, I can't even imagine how hard it must be for an 8 year old.
But I think Steve coulda died in a cooler way...
Edit: By the way, I commend you Professor Jake with your fitting icon.
However, he was killed in a filming of a documentary about deadly fucking animals. This is not irony, and this is not freak occurance. He was killed doing something that was self-titled as dangerous. It would be similar to someone saying "in a freak accident, a fireman was killed in a blaze on blah blah Street."
Its not like being killed by a stingray is common, by any means. I'm just saying that if someone dies while making a documentary about killer fucking animals, the words "freak accident" is only uttered by dumbasses.
EDIT: Daughter's show? Isn't the daughter far too young to have a show?
I can't think of much to say that hasn't been said, but I'm still saddened by Steve's untimely departure.
I do see the point about how unlikely it was that he'd be killed by something far less dangerous than the things he constantly messed with, also.
EDIT: Grammar is a useless tool of the bourgeois, meant to suppress the non-teachers in all of us. Do not judge my post in the name of the establishment!