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Australia's "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin dies Monday September 4, 06:41 AM
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, was killed by a stingray barb through the chest on Monday while diving off Australia's northeast coast, emergency officials and witnesses said.
"Steve was hit by a stingray in the chest," said local diving operator Steve Edmondson, whose Poseidon boats were out on the Great Barrier Reef when the accident occurred."
He probably died from a cardiac arrest from the injury," he said.
Police and ambulance officials later confirmed Irwin had died and said his family had been advised.
Irwin, 44, was killed while filming an underwater documentary off Port Douglas.
Irwin had been diving off his boat "Croc One" near Batt Reef northeast of Port Douglas. A helicopter had taken paramedics to nearby Low Isles where Irwin was taken for medical treatment but he was dead before they arrived, police said.
Irwin won a global following for his dare-devil antics but also triggered outrage in 2004 by holding his then one-month-old baby while feeding a snapping crocodile at his Australian zoo.
He made almost 50 of his "Crocodile Hunter" documentaries which appeared on cable TV channel Animal Planet and won a worldwide audience.
The series ended after he was criticised for the incident with his young son and for disturbing whales, seals and penguins while filming in Antarctica.
Khaki-clad Irwin became famous for his seemingly death-defying methods with wild animals, including crocodiles and snakes.
He made a cameo appearance alongside Eddie Murphy in the 2001 Hollywood film Dr Dolittle 2 and appeared on U.S. television shows such as "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and on children's television alongside The Wiggles.
Irwin was married with two children, Bindi Sue and Bob Clarence. His American-born wife Terri was his business partner and frequent on-screen collaborator.
A friend of mine is really upset about this. She grew up watching the guy's shows. I was just wondering what you all thought of him.
sovietcommando
04-09-06, 08:35
Considering his many risky moves, I'm completely shocked by this news.
But still, ow. Barb through the chest?
Well, he wasn't the kind of man who would just lay down and die peacefully in a retirement centre, that's for sure.
BlueSonnet
04-09-06, 12:14
This sucks. :(
RIP Irwin
I knew something like this would happen eventually.:(
Still, I lose the bet that he'd go by being eaten by a crocodile.
The Walrus
04-09-06, 14:58
This is really sad :(
I feel bad for his wife and children
This was a bit of a bugger, especially when you spend ten minutes thinking 'oh, this is just some MySpace japary' before checking Wikipedia and going 'oh. Ah dear'
Vaguely annoying, yes, but staple of my childhood. Crikey!
Blitz Mage
04-09-06, 15:37
Honestly, and this is proof that I'm going to hell, but I couldn't stop laughing when I heard the news. I'm actually astonished that it didn't happen a long time ago.
Well, considering the risks he went through all his life, I'm not surprised, but this is still a damn shame.
Do you want a hilarious\sick\both image response to his death?
http://www.metalmafia.co.uk/uploader/sting.jpg
I'm surprised. This guy was pretty much invincible in my eyes. H ewas always too quick. He always knew exactly what to do. I mean, jeeze...
But what surprises me most is his Cause of death.... stingray? I expected him to be mauled by a crocodile.
Blitz Mage
04-09-06, 20:15
hehehe...... Steve Irwin might be dead, but I joke I made a few hours ago about him just killed my account over at GameFAQs with over 1500 karma. His legacy continues!
GrooveMan.exe
04-09-06, 20:49
Do you want a hilarious\sick\both image response to his death?
http://www.metalmafia.co.uk/uploader/sting.jpg
That gave me a mixture of -_-;; and XD at the same time.
So does that mean we'll have like, a Stingray Hunter to avenge his death or something?
Pinkie Pie
04-09-06, 20:53
Of all the things to be killed by - he gets killed by a fish.
Both me and my workmates agreed he could've done much better.
RIP Irwin. You will be missed.
PS. Great picture Perks. :p
Hotenshu Shogun
04-09-06, 21:19
Man that sucks, I'm gonna watch the crocodile hunter movie and crocodile hunter dvd box set in memorial.
Rainbow Dash
04-09-06, 22:29
When my brother told me this morning that he was dead, I was about to get depressed, but then he told me how he died. And I started laughing. I'm a terrible person, and I really don't care, 'cause it's just plain ironic.
Though seriously, I think he would have wanted to die making others happy and doing what he loved.
Rest in peace, Steve Irwin.
Ok,I thought he was going to get bit by a posnous snake,not barbed.
My Mom,Aunt,and friend were kimnda picking on him,I laughed,is that bad?
whatever,RIP Irwin...
Yes that makes you all terrible people :g-Gaga:
Yeah, I'll miss him, he was agood bloke. Should have lived longer, but all we can do is remember the good....episodes?...he had.
Additional news about his death:
"Croc Hunter" pulled barb out of chest before death Tuesday September 5, 05:59 AM
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fatally injured by a stingray, Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin pulled its serrated barb out of his chest before losing consciousness and dying, the world-famous naturalist's manager said on Tuesday.
Video footage of the attack shows Irwin swimming above the stingray on the Great Barrier Reef on Monday when it lashed out and speared him in the heart with its barbed tail, manager John Stainton told reporters.
"It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest)," Stainton said after watching the footage.
"He pulled it out and the next minute he's gone. The cameraman had to shut down," he said.
"It's a very hard thing to watch because you're actually witnessing somebody die ... it's terrible."
Irwin, 44, the quirky naturalist who won worldwide acclaim as TV's khaki-clad "Crocodile Hunter", was filming a new documentary off Australia's northeastern coast when he was attacked.
Marine experts say stingrays can deliver horrific, agonising injuries from the toxin-laden barbs, which can measure up to 20 cm (8 in) in length and cause injuries like a knife or bayonet.
"The strongly serrated barb is capable of tearing and rendering flesh," said Dr Bryan Fry, deputy director of the Australian Venom Research Unit.
"It's not the going in that causes the damage, it's the coming out where those deep serrations kind of pull on the flesh, and you end up with a very jagged tear which is quite a pronounced injury," Fry said.
News of Irwin's death shocked Australians and Irwin's millions of fans around the world. Prime Minister John Howard interrupted parliament on Tuesday to pay tribute.
"He was a genuine, one-off, remarkable Australian individual and I am distressed at his death," Howard told parliament.
"We mourn his loss, we're devastated by the tragic circumstances in which he has been taken from us and we send our love and prayers to his grieving family," he said.
"CRIKEY"
Environmental documentary maker Ben Cropp said video of the attack showed Irwin swimming alongside a bull stingray, probably weighing around 100 kg (220 lb). His cameraman was filming in front of the ray, which became frightened and lashed out.
Stingrays are usually placid and only attack in self-defence.
Stainton said the cameraman only became aware of the attack when he noticed Irwin bleeding.
Millions had seen Irwin flirt with death many times as he stalked and played with crocodiles, sharks, snakes and spiders. Stainton said he was struggling to come to terms with the fact that a stingray had killed his friend.
"There's been a million occasions where both of us held our breath and thought we were lucky to get out of that one," Stainton said. "But he just seemed to have a charmed life."
Police said they had examined the footage and would prepare a report for the coroner appointed to determine the cause of death.
Film star Russell Crowe called Irwin the "ultimate wildlife warrior", adding: "He was the Australian we all aspire to be. He touched my heart. I believed in him. I'll miss him".
Known for his catchphrase "Crikey" during close encounters with animals, Irwin made almost 50 documentaries which appeared on the cable TV channel Animal Planet.
U.S.-based television company Discovery Communications, which produces Animal Planet, said it would set up a conservation fund in honour of Irwin, dubbed in one tribute a "modern-day Noah", and planned a marathon showing of his programmes.
Discovery said the footage of Irwin's fatal dive might never be broadcast.
Australian newspapers paid tribute to Irwin on Tuesday, while fans including American tourists laid wreaths outside his Australia Zoo in tropical Queensland state.
"We thought he was Superman, that he was indestructible," said an editorial in Sydney's The Daily Telegraph.
"We were wrong"
(Additional reporting by Paul Tait in SYDNEY)
Of all the things to be killed by - he gets killed by a fish.
Both me and my workmates agreed he could've done much better.
Well he DID get stabbed in the chest by a barb (Sharp serrated blade laced with poison) and it DID get him right in the heart, I would say that's much better than getting your head chomped on by a crocodile or dying slowly because of a snakebite.
Rest in Peace. Croc Hunter!:g-sad:
The Walrus
05-09-06, 18:40
My science teacher's going to try and find the video(if there is one) of the stingray stabbing him
your teacher whats to watch him die?!?!?!
The Walrus
05-09-06, 18:45
he just wants to see what happened
thats pretty fucked up if you ask me, jokes may be one thing, thats another.
Pinkie Pie
05-09-06, 21:05
He would've lived had he not pulled it out. If you're ever stabbed in the chest - DON'T PULL THE BLOODY THING OUT. EVER.
The posion would've put him in shock, but no doubt theres anidotes for that in Australia. And had he gotten to hospital theres every chance that doctors could've save his life somehow.
your teacher whats to watch him die?!?!?!
Well, I'm going to hell for laughing hysterically at that. Anyway RIP man.
Well...There's one of my idols gone....
RIP
Steve Irwin
wow,I didn't know so many people Idolized him,I guess I kinda did too.
I heard on the news that they're probably never going to release the video to the public. And the poison on the barb was apparently far more potent because it went right in his heart. And the stingray probably wouldn't just float there waiting for the doctors to come and get the barb out carefully.
Am I the only person who found him incredibly annoying? I know it's a nasty way to die but lets face it, he did have it coming!
ONE! The poison didn't kill him. The puncturing of his heart did.
TWO! Apparantly his family want the film to be released in public. If not, you just know it'll end up online somewhere.
THREE! Surreal-8! Many people found him annoying as can be seen in one of the articles in yesterday's Guardian: 'the animal world has finally taken its revenge on Steve Irwin" said Germaine Greer...
GG Hendrix
06-09-06, 12:21
Somehow that doesn't alter my opinion that everyone who writes for The Guardian should be hung.
Or- just beat Sarah Dempster to death with a rock as colossal as her lack of intelligence.
Sarah Dempster is a cunt.
Somehow that doesn't alter my opinion that everyone who writes for The Guardian should be hung.
Or- just beat Sarah Dempster to death with a rock as colossal as her lack of intelligence.
Sarah Dempster is a cunt.
*reads The Guardian more or less every day*
So are any of the newspapers NOT run by complete morons?
The Walrus
06-09-06, 18:32
From what i heard steve said that if he was shooting a video and was killed by a croc or something else that the cameraman should keep shooting. His wife said she'll get the video to the public
BlueSonnet
06-09-06, 19:33
Well with all the jokes already going around already, YTMND and whatnot will hit jackpot when that video comes out. :/ Greedy sods.
So are any of the newspapers NOT run by complete morons?
Yes! Two! The Guardian and the Independent, merely because they're lefties and Bill Bryson is writing for the former!
I may as well put the article in context: the full article I referenced from (http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,,1865085,00.html); Germaine Greer's opinion (http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,,1865124,00.html); Jono Coleman's opinion (http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/story/0,,1865129,00.html) (both Australian, both with different opinions)
GG Hendrix
06-09-06, 20:11
Guardian- Fucking anti-semite lefties!
*rants and raves and throws all his toys out of the window, burns down his pram, and sulks in the corner*
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