A real trajedy. He was such a nice person.
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R.I.P Steve Irwin
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Man that guy was awesome. The stuff he did with animals.
He will truly be missed.
RIP
He will truly be missed.
RIP
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I agree with you 100% Hamrhead. We should all be so lucky to live life doing what we are passionate about. We should all be so lucky to be passionate about something that touches so many people. We should all be so lucky to be as one with nature. He died doing what he loved to do. To educate, enlighten, entertain. We should all be so lucky.
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Steve Irwin's death is a terriable loss to the world community. His untimley death just reminds me that I better live every day as if it might be my last.
Last Thursday a very good friend of mine who lived in Cumming GA came home from work and was not feeling well. He had a massive heart attack and died quickly. The last time I spoke with him was about a week ago. I did tell him that I loved him at the end of our conversation. But I did not know that those were the last words I would ever speak to him.
Be good to each other today and tell somebody that you love them.
Last Thursday a very good friend of mine who lived in Cumming GA came home from work and was not feeling well. He had a massive heart attack and died quickly. The last time I spoke with him was about a week ago. I did tell him that I loved him at the end of our conversation. But I did not know that those were the last words I would ever speak to him.
Be good to each other today and tell somebody that you love them.
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RIP Steve Irwin. In a sense I envy those that die doing what they love, cause we are all going to die and how it will happen is up to fate.
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I am still sorta in shock.He was a favorite of mine.He will be missed and fondly remembered.We lost a good man when we lost Steve Irwin.My thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
This thing is still heavy on my heart.....
Some folks just seem so much bigger than life.... Steve engaged life at such a primal level.... He was so good at what he did and knew (seemingly) every aspect of how to do his job.....
I remember seeing Steve's episode on the great venomous snakes of the US. He went from the California deserts where he rescued a tiny baby rattlesnake from an irrigation flume to the mountians of the Northeast where he had a very close call with the Eastern Diamondbacks and timber rattlers... you might remember that one....
He had a specimin by the tail and laid in on a flat rock between himself and the camera... As he was doing a presentation with it, another fat rattler snuck right between his legs..... I'm not sure if they just cooked it up for the camera or not..... But it made for very interesting viewing.....
He'd shove his fricken head right into a crack in a rock wall and gleefully declare, "Crickey...!! There's a whole nest of 'em in here...and look'a that one...She's fat as mud.... Must be a pregnant feemyle.......OH.....!! you beauty...!!..?"
Steve-o was a personal hero of mine..... I still can't believe he's dead.....God's got a live one up there now...
FM.
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Some folks just seem so much bigger than life.... Steve engaged life at such a primal level.... He was so good at what he did and knew (seemingly) every aspect of how to do his job.....
I remember seeing Steve's episode on the great venomous snakes of the US. He went from the California deserts where he rescued a tiny baby rattlesnake from an irrigation flume to the mountians of the Northeast where he had a very close call with the Eastern Diamondbacks and timber rattlers... you might remember that one....
He had a specimin by the tail and laid in on a flat rock between himself and the camera... As he was doing a presentation with it, another fat rattler snuck right between his legs..... I'm not sure if they just cooked it up for the camera or not..... But it made for very interesting viewing.....
He'd shove his fricken head right into a crack in a rock wall and gleefully declare, "Crickey...!! There's a whole nest of 'em in here...and look'a that one...She's fat as mud.... Must be a pregnant feemyle.......OH.....!! you beauty...!!..?"
Steve-o was a personal hero of mine..... I still can't believe he's dead.....God's got a live one up there now...
FM.
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A warrior went out like a warrior.
Too soon, yes. God bless his family.
He was a very humble human being in person. He honored our military several years ago with a visit and was very appreciative of jobs they did. Seemed very inquisitive about everything; curious beyond belief. Always asking questions and had a school boy approach to things he didn't know about. When you showed him how a piece of equipment worked, he was in total awe and amazement. I don't think he had an angry bone in his body, very sincere and nice temperament. He was definitely not a Hollywood type that let the hype get to his head. My boys and I are going to miss his shows.
Too soon, yes. God bless his family.
He was a very humble human being in person. He honored our military several years ago with a visit and was very appreciative of jobs they did. Seemed very inquisitive about everything; curious beyond belief. Always asking questions and had a school boy approach to things he didn't know about. When you showed him how a piece of equipment worked, he was in total awe and amazement. I don't think he had an angry bone in his body, very sincere and nice temperament. He was definitely not a Hollywood type that let the hype get to his head. My boys and I are going to miss his shows.
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Kalani ( Sammy ) lives near him and they know each other...I hope Sam is doing ok with this.....Chime in Rooboy 
Man heard the news this morn, followed him from the beggining. Very sad day!
Worst thing is his beloved wife and children, I even remember when he announced his marriage then their children, I believe he must have been a great father, his family and viewers have lost a great person today.
Rest in peace friend.
Worst thing is his beloved wife and children, I even remember when he announced his marriage then their children, I believe he must have been a great father, his family and viewers have lost a great person today.
Rest in peace friend.
His dad (Bob) must be devastated..... I think his Mom has gone home (passed) too......
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Very sad news. He will be missed. God Bless his family.
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thats hard to believe, his family is in our prayers
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-09-04-obit-irwin_x.htm
Irwin's last minutes of struggle caught on tape
From staff and wire reports
Steve Irwin's deadly encounter with a stingray was captured on dramatic videotape and shows TV's "Crocodile Hunter" pulling out the animal's poisonous barb that had pierced his heart moments before he died, officials said today.
The beloved naturalist was being videotaped snorkeling above the beast for Ocean's Deadliest, a new TV documentary. Queensland Police Superintendent Michael Keating said the footage showed nothing suspicious about Irwin's death nor evidence that he provoked the animal. Police held the tape as evidence for a coroner's inquiry, a standard procedure in high-profile deaths or those caused by other than natural causes.
News of Irwin's death shocked his native Australia, and fans around the world poured out their grief and condolences.
Parliament interrupted its normal schedule so lawmakers could pay tribute to Irwin, whose body was flown home to Beerwah today from Cairns. State Premier Peter Beattie said Irwin would be afforded a state funeral if his family agreed.
"He was a genuine, one-off, remarkable Australian individual, and I am distressed at his death," Prime Minister John Howard said.
The colorful 44-year-old Irwin, who made a career out of getting dangerously close to deadly beasts, was killed while swimming in shallow water on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
John Stainton, Irwin's manager who was among the crew on the reef and later also watched the videotape of the attack, described the "terrible" experience of watching a friend die.
"It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest), and he pulled it out and the next minute he's gone," Stainton told reporters in the Queensland state city of Cairns, where Irwin's body had been taken after the accident for an autopsy.
Human deaths caused by stingrays are extremely rare.
Stainton said that Irwin was in his element in the Outback, but that he and Irwin had talked about the sea posing threats the star wasn't used to.
"If ever he was going to go, we always said it was going to be the ocean," Stainton said. "On land he was agile, quick-thinking (and) quick-moving, and the ocean puts another element there that you have no control over."
Immediately after the attack, Irwin was rushed to his nearby research vessel, the Croc One.
A doctor aboard the ship was unable to resuscitate Irwin, who was dead by the time a rescue helicopter arrived. "He died doing what he loved best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind," Stainton said.
Irwin's American wife, Terri, and children returned late Monday from a trekking vacation in Tasmania to Australia Zoo, the wildlife park in Beerwah where the family lived. The couple, who met at Irwin's wildlife park in the Australian state of Queensland, have two children, Bindi Sue, 8, and Bob, 2.
Australia Zoo was open today — staff said it was what he would have wanted — but the mood was somber and most visitors were to a makeshift shrine of bouquets and handwritten condolence messages that emerged at the gate.
"Mate, you made the world a better place," read one poster left at the gate. "Steve, our hero, our legend, our wildlife warrior," read another. Khaki shirts — a trademark of Irwin — were laid out for people to sign.
Sue Neilen, Beerwah's only florist, said she has a "huge pile of orders" for flowers from conservation groups and the general public all over the world.
"Some people are telling us they've never bought flowers before to do this sort of thing, but they feel compelled to do it for Steve," Neilen said. "It's like when Lady Diana died."
Irwin — an adventurer famous for leaping onto untethered crocodiles and for his catchphrase "Crikey!" — rose to prominence when his 1992 Australian TV show was picked up by the Discovery Channel in 1996. He made his big-screen splash with 2002's The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course. The TV show went into reruns in 2004 but remained one of the network's most popular programs, airing in 130 countries. Discovery announced plans for a marathon screening of Irwin's work and a wildlife fund in his name.
"Steve was beloved by millions of fans and animal lovers around the world and was one of our planet's most passionate conservationists," Billy Campbell, president of Discovery Networks, said in a statement.
The company said it would rename the garden space in front of its world headquarters building in Silver Spring, Md., to honor Irwin. Animal Planet also is planning a marathon of Crocodile Hunter shows, but the day has not been decided.
Irwin's daring encounters and on-camera exuberance not only brought him worldwide celebrity, but they also created a cottage industry of guerrilla-style conservationists whose close calls made wildlife shows a TV staple, particularly among children.
"I never pictured a croc killing him, but I never pictured a stingray doing it, either," says Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio. "It's like me getting killed by a poodle."
"Steve might have been a showman, but he was a great conservationist," Hanna says. He notes that 14 years ago, before Irwin's international success, there were two nationally televised wildlife shows. Now there are 29.
"We can agree or disagree on how he taught conservationism," Hanna says. "I couldn't do what he did. But he did have a way of teaching. And in the end I remember him as a conservationist, because he really believed in what he did."
Irwin's exuberant style occasionally irked wildlife officials. In 2004, he caused an uproar by holding his infant son in one arm while feeding large crocodiles inside a zoo pen. Irwin said at the time there was no danger to the child, and authorities declined to charge Irwin with 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 government investigation recommended that no action be taken.
"I think (the criticism) was from misunderstanding him and how he grew up around these animals," says Maureen Smith, executive vice president and general manager of Animal Planet. "He was the real deal. He had a love of family and animals that transcended his show. He became a part of pop culture."
Stainton, fighting back tears in a televised news conference, called Irwin "a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet. " He would have said, "Crocs rule!"
Contributing: Scott Bowles from Los Angeles; Karen Thomas, Cathy Lynn Grossman and Douglas Stanglin from McLean, Va.; Lindsey Arkley from Melbourne, Australia; and the Associated Press.
Irwin's last minutes of struggle caught on tape
From staff and wire reports
Steve Irwin's deadly encounter with a stingray was captured on dramatic videotape and shows TV's "Crocodile Hunter" pulling out the animal's poisonous barb that had pierced his heart moments before he died, officials said today.
The beloved naturalist was being videotaped snorkeling above the beast for Ocean's Deadliest, a new TV documentary. Queensland Police Superintendent Michael Keating said the footage showed nothing suspicious about Irwin's death nor evidence that he provoked the animal. Police held the tape as evidence for a coroner's inquiry, a standard procedure in high-profile deaths or those caused by other than natural causes.
News of Irwin's death shocked his native Australia, and fans around the world poured out their grief and condolences.
Parliament interrupted its normal schedule so lawmakers could pay tribute to Irwin, whose body was flown home to Beerwah today from Cairns. State Premier Peter Beattie said Irwin would be afforded a state funeral if his family agreed.
"He was a genuine, one-off, remarkable Australian individual, and I am distressed at his death," Prime Minister John Howard said.
The colorful 44-year-old Irwin, who made a career out of getting dangerously close to deadly beasts, was killed while swimming in shallow water on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
John Stainton, Irwin's manager who was among the crew on the reef and later also watched the videotape of the attack, described the "terrible" experience of watching a friend die.
"It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest), and he pulled it out and the next minute he's gone," Stainton told reporters in the Queensland state city of Cairns, where Irwin's body had been taken after the accident for an autopsy.
Human deaths caused by stingrays are extremely rare.
Stainton said that Irwin was in his element in the Outback, but that he and Irwin had talked about the sea posing threats the star wasn't used to.
"If ever he was going to go, we always said it was going to be the ocean," Stainton said. "On land he was agile, quick-thinking (and) quick-moving, and the ocean puts another element there that you have no control over."
Immediately after the attack, Irwin was rushed to his nearby research vessel, the Croc One.
A doctor aboard the ship was unable to resuscitate Irwin, who was dead by the time a rescue helicopter arrived. "He died doing what he loved best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind," Stainton said.
Irwin's American wife, Terri, and children returned late Monday from a trekking vacation in Tasmania to Australia Zoo, the wildlife park in Beerwah where the family lived. The couple, who met at Irwin's wildlife park in the Australian state of Queensland, have two children, Bindi Sue, 8, and Bob, 2.
Australia Zoo was open today — staff said it was what he would have wanted — but the mood was somber and most visitors were to a makeshift shrine of bouquets and handwritten condolence messages that emerged at the gate.
"Mate, you made the world a better place," read one poster left at the gate. "Steve, our hero, our legend, our wildlife warrior," read another. Khaki shirts — a trademark of Irwin — were laid out for people to sign.
Sue Neilen, Beerwah's only florist, said she has a "huge pile of orders" for flowers from conservation groups and the general public all over the world.
"Some people are telling us they've never bought flowers before to do this sort of thing, but they feel compelled to do it for Steve," Neilen said. "It's like when Lady Diana died."
Irwin — an adventurer famous for leaping onto untethered crocodiles and for his catchphrase "Crikey!" — rose to prominence when his 1992 Australian TV show was picked up by the Discovery Channel in 1996. He made his big-screen splash with 2002's The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course. The TV show went into reruns in 2004 but remained one of the network's most popular programs, airing in 130 countries. Discovery announced plans for a marathon screening of Irwin's work and a wildlife fund in his name.
"Steve was beloved by millions of fans and animal lovers around the world and was one of our planet's most passionate conservationists," Billy Campbell, president of Discovery Networks, said in a statement.
The company said it would rename the garden space in front of its world headquarters building in Silver Spring, Md., to honor Irwin. Animal Planet also is planning a marathon of Crocodile Hunter shows, but the day has not been decided.
Irwin's daring encounters and on-camera exuberance not only brought him worldwide celebrity, but they also created a cottage industry of guerrilla-style conservationists whose close calls made wildlife shows a TV staple, particularly among children.
"I never pictured a croc killing him, but I never pictured a stingray doing it, either," says Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio. "It's like me getting killed by a poodle."
"Steve might have been a showman, but he was a great conservationist," Hanna says. He notes that 14 years ago, before Irwin's international success, there were two nationally televised wildlife shows. Now there are 29.
"We can agree or disagree on how he taught conservationism," Hanna says. "I couldn't do what he did. But he did have a way of teaching. And in the end I remember him as a conservationist, because he really believed in what he did."
Irwin's exuberant style occasionally irked wildlife officials. In 2004, he caused an uproar by holding his infant son in one arm while feeding large crocodiles inside a zoo pen. Irwin said at the time there was no danger to the child, and authorities declined to charge Irwin with 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 government investigation recommended that no action be taken.
"I think (the criticism) was from misunderstanding him and how he grew up around these animals," says Maureen Smith, executive vice president and general manager of Animal Planet. "He was the real deal. He had a love of family and animals that transcended his show. He became a part of pop culture."
Stainton, fighting back tears in a televised news conference, called Irwin "a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet. " He would have said, "Crocs rule!"
Contributing: Scott Bowles from Los Angeles; Karen Thomas, Cathy Lynn Grossman and Douglas Stanglin from McLean, Va.; Lindsey Arkley from Melbourne, Australia; and the Associated Press.
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Good post Bone........
My heart is still broken over the loss of this fabulous and ebullient human being....
SD
My heart is still broken over the loss of this fabulous and ebullient human being....
SD
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DJCHEROKEE said:
Me neither....My best game was 236 back in 1965............
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Silent D said:
That was actually filmed not very far from my house !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (the Eastern Diamondback)
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Bone.....thats one video I don't care to see.....ever.
womsterr.......ditto on the kids being crushed.
...............he made me laugh, at taking chances and teaching our family about what the world of animals is like. Kinda like a 21'st Century Omaha Mutual's Marlen Perkins and his sidekick Jim....the guy with the net.
womsterr.......ditto on the kids being crushed.
...............he made me laugh, at taking chances and teaching our family about what the world of animals is like. Kinda like a 21'st Century Omaha Mutual's Marlen Perkins and his sidekick Jim....the guy with the net.
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Marlon Perkins......lol....yup..... That old gopher......
He was so stiff all the time and spoke like a third grade teacher from "Leave it to Beaver".
"We are on safari deep in thee wilds of Swaziland..... Stalking one of thee largest bovine specimins on thee Great African veldt... Thee Wild Wildebeast. These magnificent creatures, with their long shaggy beards ang huge curved antlers........"
Steve Irwin....a 21st century version of Marlon Perkins......?... ROF.... No offense brother. Please understand that I mean no offense whatsoever........ But the only connection between Steve Irwin and Marlon Perkins was that their shows both had animals on them..... That's where the comparison ends.
Marlon may have accidently gotten a bit of poop on his boots.....
Steve picked it up in his bare hands, rubbed it together and sampled the bouquet....
Steve Irwin was the world renown herpatologist Bill Haas on 6 hits of clear light acid. He was the most radiant, effervescent and glorious proponent of ecological conservation in the known Universe..... Without the aid of stupiassed Al Goreisms....
Many attempts have been made by Animal Planet and other TV executives to replicate the amazing formula of The Croc Hunter's success.... All have failed......Neither the sometimes zany Jeff Corwin or any other personality could hold a candle to Steve... He was the Real McCoy and there will NEVER be another like him...
Comparing Marlon Perkins with Steve Irwin is like comparing Howdy Doody with the Lord Jesus Christ....(You decide who's who)
I was just watching Larry King interview many of Steve's peers..... They are all visibly devastated by his death....
Jeff Corwin put it best when he said ..."I've always considered Steve Irwin to be immortal"............
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