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09-04-2006, 11:04 AM
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 I hate to hear that. His shows were very informative and entertaining.
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09-04-2006, 12:06 PM
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RIP Steve
Best of wishes to his family and friends....
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09-04-2006, 12:23 PM
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YUP, that be him!
i just read it on yahoo and was like WHAT?! 
my heart goes out to his family
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Is this the guy who had his new born baby in his arms while messing with an alligator?
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09-04-2006, 12:31 PM
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I first saw this news on my myspace, when a friend of mine posted a bulletin. But I didn't believe it and thought it was just one of those phoney boloney bulletins. That is, until I went to yahoo and saw it there.
Man, i'm heart-broken. I loved watching Steve and he seemed so happy doing what he was doing. Its one of those "freak accidents" those that people say, you have a better chance winning the lottery and getting hit by lightning than getting killed by a stingray and he was just in the right position to get killed.
I believe that his wife will continue doing what Steve and her loved to do.
RIP Steve Irwin
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09-04-2006, 01:04 PM
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RIP Steve
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09-04-2006, 01:49 PM
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That is so sad. my son loves to watch his shows.
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09-04-2006, 02:02 PM
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BRISBANE, Australia - Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed Monday by a stingray barb during a diving expedition, Australian media reported. He was 44.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/..._tv/obit_irwin
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The only thing I remember about that guy is when he held his 4 month old son over a crock in a show....he actually thought he had 100% control over that animal.
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09-04-2006, 02:07 PM
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How terrible! Not to be flippant, but if it was his time to go, I'm sure he would have rather died the way he did than, say, in a plane crash or from a disease. It seems a fitting (if premature) end for someone who lived larger than life.
RIP, Steve.
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09-04-2006, 02:19 PM
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This is really sad. RIP.
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09-04-2006, 02:23 PM
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It's sad, but the man was incredibly reckless. I feel for his family, but he did some incredibly stupid things in his career. How odd that a barb from a stingray ended his life. I wonder if Jack Hanna is rubbing his hands together with glee at the increase in market share...
For what it's worth, the rays at your local zoos and aquariums have had their barbs removed prior to becoming part of the petting zoo exhibit, so it is still perfectly safe to pet and feed them at the feeding pools at SeaWorld, the Long Beach Aquarium, etc. Just watch your fingers.
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09-04-2006, 03:33 PM
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RIP Steve.
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09-04-2006, 03:40 PM
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Is this the guy who had his new born baby in his arms while messing with an alligator?
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Yeah...I was saddened by the news temporarily (honestly). My heart goes out to his wife and two children.
I agree - at least he died doing what he loved...
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09-04-2006, 03:46 PM
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I was so shocked to read about this on Yahoo.
He died doing something he loved but I first thought they were going to say that he was killed by a crocodile. Then I was going to be like "see...leave those damn animals alone...died playing with some animals." He still died by playing with animals...or was he not messing with the stingray when it killed him?
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09-04-2006, 03:52 PM
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Irwin was at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called "Ocean's Deadliest" when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, his friend and colleague John Stainton said.
The irony is quite sad. Not to mention that while stingray's are potentially deadly, it is rare to be killed by one because of the location of most of the stings.
"He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time.
Ouch. This is so rare and such a case of "bad luck."
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09-04-2006, 09:52 PM
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It's sad, but the man was incredibly reckless. I feel for his family, but he did some incredibly stupid things in his career. How odd that a barb from a stingray ended his life. I wonder if Jack Hanna is rubbing his hands together with glee at the increase in market share...
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Jack is slated to appear on Larry King Live tomorrow. Also, to appear will be Steve's manager and friend.
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