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Beebs · 09-04-2006, 01:04 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/..._tv/obit_irwin

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin killed

BRISBANE, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition, Australian media said. He was 44.

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Irwin was filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland state when the accident occurred, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site.

The Australian Broadcasting Corp. said Irwin was diving near Low Isles Reef near the resort town of Port Douglas, about 1,260 miles north of the state capital of Brisbane.

Queensland ambulance service spokesman Bob Hamil confirmed that a diver had been killed by a stingray off Lowe Isles Reef but refused to say who the victim was until relatives had been notified.

A rescue helicopter was sent from the nearby city of Cairns, and paramedics from it confirmed the diver's death.

"The probable cause of death is stingray strike to the chest," Hamil said.

Staff at Australia Zoo, Irwin's zoo in southern Queensland, said they had heard the reports but could not comment.

Irwin is famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry "Crikey!" in his television program "Crocodile Hunter," which was first broadcast in Australia in 1992 and has aired around the world on the Discovery channel.

He rode his image into a feature film, and developed the Australia Zoo as a tourist attraction.

Irwin had received some negative publicity in recent years. In January 2004, he stunned onlookers at the Australia Zoo reptile park by carrying his 1-year-old son into a crocodile pen during a wildlife show. He tucked the infant under one arm while tossing the 13-foot reptile a piece of meat with the other.

Authorities declined to charge Irwin for 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 Environment Department investigation recommended no action be taken.

Irwin was also seen as a vocal critic of wildlife hunts in Australia. The federal government recently dropped plans to allow crocodile safaris for wealthy tourists in the Northern Territory following his vehement objections.

Irwin told the Australian television program "A Current Affair" that "killing one of our beautiful animals in the name of trophy hunting will have a very negative impact on tourism, which scares the living daylights out of me."

He is survived by his American wife Terri, from Oregon, and their daughter Bindi Sue, 8, and son Bob, who will turn 3 in December.

SittinOnDubsWGW · 09-04-2006, 01:43 AM

its unfortunate, and sad. I am honestly not surprised that his line of work was what eventually got him though.

Repugnant Abomination · 09-04-2006, 02:52 AM

I...I can't believe this. I saw it on the front page of the bbc and just stared in shock. It's really unfortunate because he was a really good guy who did a lot of positive things for the planets and it's animals. He'll be missed.

RIP

Ugly Bastard · 09-04-2006, 02:52 AM

Wow, what a shame.

Schroeder · 09-04-2006, 08:42 AM

"If something ever happens ever happens to me, people are going to be like 'we knew a croc would get him!'" Steve Irwin

Heaven Can Wait · 09-04-2006, 01:01 PM

Weird shit, only last night i saw the south park with him, and his death in it

DJ FC · 09-04-2006, 01:22 PM

RIP Tupac, Biggy, Steve Irwin

vaga1220 * · 09-04-2006, 03:26 PM

Fucking goddamn stingray pice of shit! I say we kill all stingrays.

ninjaface · 09-04-2006, 11:08 PM

Beebs · 09-05-2006, 12:16 AM

Bwahaahaha

Repugnant Abomination · 09-05-2006, 01:20 AM

It's too soon.

Ugly Bastard · 09-05-2006, 02:18 AM

No it's not. This is Nubblies. More?

ninjaface · 09-05-2006, 03:11 AM

Repugnant Abomination · 09-05-2006, 03:31 AM

Total badass.

Orgazmo · 09-05-2006, 10:31 AM

9/4. Never forget.

Heaven Can Wait · 09-05-2006, 03:46 PM

StabMaster Arson · 09-05-2006, 04:29 PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/...865345,00.html

There's a video! no, not in the link... but somewhere, there's a video of BA Stevie pulling the barb out of his own chest before he dies. It must be found.

Heaven Can Wait · 09-05-2006, 04:36 PM

ogrish doesn't have it, I doubt the video is on the internet yet, google news says that the whole barb thing is bullshit too.

tonguegina · 09-05-2006, 06:04 PM

Though there are conflicting reports as to the details of his death, there is video of him dying. There is even discussion of it being aired on television, but I doubt that they would leak it onto the internet before that.

Orgazmo · 09-06-2006, 10:24 AM

Ogrish says here that the video will probably never be seen

tonguegina · 09-06-2006, 11:35 AM

Irwin's manager, John Stanton, said the video will never be shown, but it's in police custody right now for the autopsy. One of my professors said one of the coroners leaked it, but I see no evidence of that.

SittinOnDubsWGW · 09-06-2006, 11:52 AM

I think it would be an interesting vid. I think it said that the stingray was something like 200+ pounds, so it had to have been huge.

StabMaster Arson · 09-09-2006, 05:08 PM

THEINCREDIBLEdork · 09-10-2006, 08:11 PM

http://poststuff5.entensity.net/0908...media=croc.wmv

steve irwin was a whore. there, i said it.

Beebs · 09-13-2006, 12:07 AM

"The yankees are just destroying the devil rays 9-0, almost certainly out of retaliation for the death of Steve Irwin" ~ Sports Radio guy today

09-04-2006, 01:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
Beebs Poor Sport Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Indianapolis / Middlebury / Long Lake Posts: 5,306 Internets: 127341	Crocodile Hunter dead http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/..._tv/obit_irwin Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin killed BRISBANE, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition, Australian media said. He was 44. ADVERTISEMENT Irwin was filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland state when the accident occurred, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site. The Australian Broadcasting Corp. said Irwin was diving near Low Isles Reef near the resort town of Port Douglas, about 1,260 miles north of the state capital of Brisbane. Queensland ambulance service spokesman Bob Hamil confirmed that a diver had been killed by a stingray off Lowe Isles Reef but refused to say who the victim was until relatives had been notified. A rescue helicopter was sent from the nearby city of Cairns, and paramedics from it confirmed the diver's death. "The probable cause of death is stingray strike to the chest," Hamil said. Staff at Australia Zoo, Irwin's zoo in southern Queensland, said they had heard the reports but could not comment. Irwin is famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry "Crikey!" in his television program "Crocodile Hunter," which was first broadcast in Australia in 1992 and has aired around the world on the Discovery channel. He rode his image into a feature film, and developed the Australia Zoo as a tourist attraction. Irwin had received some negative publicity in recent years. In January 2004, he stunned onlookers at the Australia Zoo reptile park by carrying his 1-year-old son into a crocodile pen during a wildlife show. He tucked the infant under one arm while tossing the 13-foot reptile a piece of meat with the other. Authorities declined to charge Irwin for 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 Environment Department investigation recommended no action be taken. Irwin was also seen as a vocal critic of wildlife hunts in Australia. The federal government recently dropped plans to allow crocodile safaris for wealthy tourists in the Northern Territory following his vehement objections. Irwin told the Australian television program "A Current Affair" that "killing one of our beautiful animals in the name of trophy hunting will have a very negative impact on tourism, which scares the living daylights out of me." He is survived by his American wife Terri, from Oregon, and their daughter Bindi Sue, 8, and son Bob, who will turn 3 in December.

09-04-2006, 01:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
Heaven Can Wait English. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 868 Internets: 179	Weird shit, only last night i saw the south park with him, and his death in it
	there is little I wouldn't do for a dolphin.

09-04-2006, 01:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
DJ FC MURICAN Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,136 Internets: 253094	RIP Tupac, Biggy, Steve Irwin
	The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.

09-04-2006, 03:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
vaga1220 * *Dislikes ham Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: HELL 666 Posts: 1,518 Internets: 60790	Fucking goddamn stingray pice of shit! I say we kill all stingrays.
	Putting the sensual in non-consensual.

09-05-2006, 03:46 PM	#16 (permalink)
Heaven Can Wait English. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 868 Internets: 179
	there is little I wouldn't do for a dolphin.

09-04-2006, 01:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
SittinOnDubsWGW I make bad decisions. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Desert Posts: 3,018 Internets: 108015	its unfortunate, and sad. I am honestly not surprised that his line of work was what eventually got him though.

09-04-2006, 02:52 AM	#3 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	I...I can't believe this. I saw it on the front page of the bbc and just stared in shock. It's really unfortunate because he was a really good guy who did a lot of positive things for the planets and it's animals. He'll be missed. RIP

09-04-2006, 02:52 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Wow, what a shame.

09-04-2006, 08:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
Schroeder Unwanted Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,543 Internets: -885	"If something ever happens ever happens to me, people are going to be like 'we knew a croc would get him!'" Steve Irwin

09-04-2006, 11:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
ninjaface Level 20 Holothetan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Space Posts: 5,245 Internets: 210144

09-05-2006, 12:16 AM	#10 (permalink)
Beebs Poor Sport Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Indianapolis / Middlebury / Long Lake Posts: 5,306 Internets: 127341	Bwahaahaha

09-05-2006, 01:20 AM	#11 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	It's too soon.

09-05-2006, 02:18 AM	#12 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	No it's not. This is Nubblies. More?

09-05-2006, 03:11 AM	#13 (permalink)
ninjaface Level 20 Holothetan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Space Posts: 5,245 Internets: 210144

09-05-2006, 03:31 AM	#14 (permalink)
Repugnant Abomination Almost there... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,979 Internets: 164547	Total badass.

09-09-2006, 05:08 PM	#23 (permalink)
StabMaster Arson Roscoe P. Coldchain Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Stabbin Cabin Posts: 2,759 Internets: 1425
	LEGALIZE CRIME!

09-05-2006, 10:31 AM	#15 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,732 Internets: 311447	9/4. Never forget.

09-05-2006, 04:29 PM	#17 (permalink)
StabMaster Arson Roscoe P. Coldchain Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Stabbin Cabin Posts: 2,759 Internets: 1425	http://www.guardian.co.uk/australia/...865345,00.html There's a video! no, not in the link... but somewhere, there's a video of BA Stevie pulling the barb out of his own chest before he dies. It must be found.
	LEGALIZE CRIME!

09-05-2006, 04:36 PM	#18 (permalink)
Heaven Can Wait English. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England Posts: 868 Internets: 179	ogrish doesn't have it, I doubt the video is on the internet yet, google news says that the whole barb thing is bullshit too.
	there is little I wouldn't do for a dolphin.

09-05-2006, 06:04 PM	#19 (permalink)
tonguegina I like dirt. Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,861 Internets: 2790	Though there are conflicting reports as to the details of his death, there is video of him dying. There is even discussion of it being aired on television, but I doubt that they would leak it onto the internet before that.

09-06-2006, 10:24 AM	#20 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,732 Internets: 311447	Ogrish says here that the video will probably never be seen

09-06-2006, 11:35 AM	#21 (permalink)
tonguegina I like dirt. Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,861 Internets: 2790	Irwin's manager, John Stanton, said the video will never be shown, but it's in police custody right now for the autopsy. One of my professors said one of the coroners leaked it, but I see no evidence of that.

09-06-2006, 11:52 AM	#22 (permalink)
SittinOnDubsWGW I make bad decisions. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Desert Posts: 3,018 Internets: 108015	I think it would be an interesting vid. I think it said that the stingray was something like 200+ pounds, so it had to have been huge.

09-10-2006, 08:11 PM	#24 (permalink)
THEINCREDIBLEdork Emperor Meow Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 9,352 Internets: 290966	http://poststuff5.entensity.net/0908...media=croc.wmv steve irwin was a whore. there, i said it.
	#YOLO

09-13-2006, 12:07 AM	#25 (permalink)
Beebs Poor Sport Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Indianapolis / Middlebury / Long Lake Posts: 5,306 Internets: 127341	"The yankees are just destroying the devil rays 9-0, almost certainly out of retaliation for the death of Steve Irwin" ~ Sports Radio guy today

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