Steve Irwin 1962-2006
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UPDATED: Friday, September 8, 2006 20:10
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We lost another great soul. A fantastic example of someone who lived life passionately and enthusiastically.
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I had to find out what happened. Here's what I found.
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Steve Irwin killed in freak accident
05 September 2006
By DAVID WILLIAMS, LOUSIA HEARN and AAP
Sydney Morning Herald
Television personality and environmentalist Steve Irwin has died from a stingray wound while filming off north Queensland.
Friends believe he may have died instantly when struck by a stingray as he filmed a sequence for his eight-year-old daughter Bindi's new TV series.
Irwin's friend of 20 years, Ferre De Deyne said Irwin had been struck by the stingray while filming. "The stingray just happened to be swimming around and out of the blue whacked his tail at him," he said.
"It is absolutely tragic. I have dived so many times with stingrays and they are usually very placid things," he said.
Known worldwide as the Crocodile Hunter, 44-year-old Irwin was famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry "Crikey!"
Irwin had been filming a new documentary called Ocean's Deadliest with friend and manager John Stainton at Batt Reef, off Port Douglas about 11am.
"He came over the top of a stingray and the stingray's barb went up and went into his chest and put a hole into his heart," Mr Stainton said.
"It's likely that he possibly died instantly when the barb hit him, and I don't think that he ... felt any pain.
"He died doing what he loved best."
Irwin was pulled aboard his research vessel, Croc One, for a 30-minute dash to Low Isle, where a Queensland Rescue Helicopter had been summoned, his Australia Zoo said in a statement.
The crew of the Croc One performed constant CPR during the voyage to Low Isle, but medical staff pronounced him dead about noon.
"It became clear fairly soon that he had non-survivable injuries," said Dr Ed O'Loughlin, who treated Irwin at the scene.
"He had a penetrating injury to the left front of his chest.
"He had lost his pulse and wasn't breathing."
Dr O'Loughlin said it appeared Mr Irwin had suffered a "form of cardiac arrest" but a post-mortem examination would be conducted in Cairns.
Sooo sad!
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Cant say im suprised though considering he made his living annoying the worlds deadliest animals. Always a shame when accidents happen.
You can’t stop the Signal.
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Here's to the man who, (during my still on-going childhood) taught me to always be careful, but daring, to test yourself, but within your limits.
And who had the whole gang saying crikey.
For you, Steve. Always for you.
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Mr. Irwin will be remembered as a man who lived what he believed. His legacy to the animals of Australia will not be forgotten.
Condolances and prayers to Terri and the children. This must be devestating for them.
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I'm a mite tentative about suggesting this... but maybe we should make Steve Irwin an honorary BDH? Sure, he wasn't in Firefly or Serenity - he may not have even heard of it, but he did what he did because he loved doing it, and didn't care whether or not society in general thought he was stupid at some points or not. He's always been a hero to me, since when I was four years old and first saw him. For me, the way he lived his life... it seems to me he has all the qualities to be a BDH; recklessness, passion, humor, and a need to do what many people wouldn't have the nerve to.
Just a thought... 
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This news has made me so sad. I've spent a day or two trying to decide why, since I hadn't seen his show for a while. What I finally decided is this: so often these days we see fake enthusiasm everywhere. You know, the celebrity who acts thrilled to be on yet another talk show, a pitch person who just loves that product, the politician who declares that THIS is the best crowd ever. Rarely do we get to see overwhelming excitement and joy from someone who is actually sincere, but we got to see it in Steve Irwin. He really did love that snake or lizard, even if it bit him in the hand. I'm sure he loved that stingray, even after it stung him. I'd like to think he probably said, "Crikey! Heaven's even better than I thought! It's a real beauty."
We'll miss you, Steve.
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Originally posted by Shrouded:
I'm a mite tentative about suggesting this... but maybe we should make Steve Irwin an honorary BDH? Sure, he wasn't in Firefly or Serenity - he may not have even heard of it, but he did what he did because he loved doing it, and didn't care whether or not society in general thought he was stupid at some points or not. He's always been a hero to me, since when I was four years old and first saw him. For me, the way he lived his life... it seems to me he has all the qualities to be a BDH; recklessness, passion, humor, and a need to do what many people wouldn't have the nerve to.
Just a thought...
I think that's a mighty fine idea, Shrouded. While Mr Irwin popped up well past my childhood, I enjoyed watching him on TV and think fondly of him in the same way I do Marlin Perkins and Jacques Cousteau, who brought a wealth of information of the natural world to me and my siblings when I was growing up (about a third of what I watched as a kid was "nature" programs--National Geographic's Explorer, Wild Kingdom, etc.) and they were definitely heroes to me.
So...yes I second naming Steve Irwin as a BDH!
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