'Crocodile hunter' Steve Irwin killed by a stingray

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September 4, 2006 at 9:45 am #1039107
Techno Viking
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Monday September 4, 2006
Guardian Unlimited

The quirky Australian naturalist Steve Irwin, who gained worldwide fame as TV’s khaki-clad Crocodile Hunter, died today after a stingray barb pierced his chest while he was diving.

The freak accident happened while Mr Irwin, 44, was filming an underwater documentary off Port Douglas on the far north east coast of Australia, according to witnesses and emergency officials.

He was stung at about 11am (0100 GMT), according to a statement by his wildlife park Australia Zoo. The crew on the naturalist’s boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and tried to resuscitate him en route to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter.

But he died before the paramedics arrived, police said. Medical staff pronounced him dead at about midday.

“Steve was hit by a stingray in the chest,” said local diving operator Steve Edmondson. “He probably died from a cardiac arrest from the injury.”

Fellow-Australian wildlife filmmaker David Ireland said he was shocked and saddened by Irwin’s death, adding that a stingray’s barb could be as deadly as a rifle bayonet.

He told Southern Cross Broadcasting radio: “They have one or two barbs in the tails which are not only coated in toxic material but are also like a bayonet, like a bayonet on a rifle. If it hits any vital organs it’s as deadly as a bayonet.”

News of Mr Irwin’s demise shocked ordinary Australians, while government and opposition politicians issued statements of condolence within two hours of the first reports of his death…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,,1864423,00.html
September 4, 2006 at 10:19 am #1088738
SdZ
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😥 Steve Erwin is and always will be a legend.

I feel sorry for his wife and 2 kids :hopeless:
September 4, 2006 at 10:26 am #1088754
Agent Subby
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SdZ wrote:

😥 Steve Erwin is and always will be a legend.

I feel sorry for his wife and 2 kids :hopeless:

Funny guy, but I don’t understand this statement considering what he did for a living.
“News of Mr Irwin’s demise shocked ordinary Australians”
He certainly did a lot of good work with conservation and his humour will also be missed. Rock on Stevie :bounce_fl :bounce_fl :bounce_fl :bounce_fl
September 4, 2006 at 10:35 am #1088748
Angel
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😥 😥 i loved that crazy guy..
September 4, 2006 at 12:40 pm #1088739
titch
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Was a legend raaa raaa
September 4, 2006 at 12:49 pm #1088736
General Lighting
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really unfortunate and random accident too; stingrays are tiny compared to all the other creatures he has dealt with!
September 4, 2006 at 12:56 pm #1088737
BioTech
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Sad news. I’m usually a fairly good judge of character and he seemed like a guy with a good heart.

Sounds a bit silly but I’m sure he would be happy to have met his end thanks to an animal… even if a little premature.

My thoughts are with his family and friends, especially his small children.
September 4, 2006 at 1:16 pm #1088753
Shit Robot
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BioTech wrote:

My thoughts are with his family and friends, especially his small children.

Cant help but think his family probably expected somthing like this would happen one day ,like everyone else when I first heard the news I thought it would be a Croc that got him.
And yes i believe he would be happy that it was an Animal that brought about his demise.RIP steve
September 4, 2006 at 2:53 pm #1088742
stax
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seemed like a genuine likeable bloke. thoughts go out to his wife and children
September 4, 2006 at 3:31 pm #1088741
quietRIOT
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oh dear…at least it was sudden… coulda been worse he coulda been eaten alive by a massive croc…
September 4, 2006 at 5:13 pm #1088743
Raj
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condolences to those who survived him and will miss him, particularly his family

:flowers::flowers::flowers::flowers::flowers::flowers:
September 4, 2006 at 5:28 pm #1088747
Sound-Guy
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Before he died, he was asked what he liked as a kid. He said he liked thunderbirds but always had a place in his heart for stingray!!!

sorry
September 4, 2006 at 5:31 pm #1088751
doolittle
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yea ok its a shame he got killed and sorry for the wife and kids, But he did play with fire for more ratings and did once put his kid in danger by feeding Crocs while having his baby in the other arm!

Play with fire and you get burnt
September 4, 2006 at 8:26 pm #1088740
atm23
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I would normally make the effort and say something unpleasant and contraversial, but I really liked , what I knew of Steve god bless him RIP
September 4, 2006 at 10:10 pm #1088749
Angel
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I’m still very sad about what have happend..:cry: 😥

Me and my X have talked about him a lot of times,always agreed that it would go wrong some day,he was playing with fire..But you never hope for it to happen..
I loved watching him,my kids loved watching him (we still do)
he was a facinating caracter who will be missed..I know we will
September 5, 2006 at 10:30 am #1088744
Raj
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http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2006-09-05T093639Z_01_SYD69824_RTRUKOC_0_UK-AUSTRALIA-IRWIN-INTERNET.xml
September 5, 2006 at 5:12 pm #1088746
chillidog
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doolittle wrote:

yea ok its a shame he got killed and sorry for the wife and kids, But he did play with fire for more ratings and did once put his kid in danger by feeding Crocs while having his baby in the other arm!

Totally agree with you there as bad as wacko hanging his kid over the balcony.But other than that incident seemed like a genuinly nice bloke

RIP
September 6, 2006 at 3:38 am #1088752
doolittle
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chillidog wrote:

Totally agree with you there as bad as wacko hanging his kid over the balcony.But other than that incident seemed like a genuinly nice bloke

RIP

Im not saying other wise, but he put himself and his team in danger alot more then people know about, he played a game a lost! But respect to him though he did hell of a lot for wildlife and long live his soul
September 6, 2006 at 5:40 am #1088735
Techno Viking
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[MEDIA]http://67.18.152.106/videos7/060905-steve-irwin-tribute-clip-video.wmv[/MEDIA]

A tribute to the man…
September 6, 2006 at 5:46 am #1088750
Angel
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raaa raaa Well he wasnt more perfect that the rest of us 🙂
September 10, 2006 at 9:33 am #1088745
Raj
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http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2006-09-10T044626Z_01_SYD136044_RTRUKOC_0_UK-AUSTRALIA-IRWIN.xml
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