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NJR. Crocodile Hunter Killed in Sting

Postby American Oyaji » Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:28 pm

SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Steve Irwin, the Australian TV presenter known as the "Crocodile Hunter," has died after being stung in a marine accident off Australia's north coast.

Australian media reports say Irwin was diving in waters off Port Douglas, north of Cairns, when the incident happened on Monday morning.

Irwin was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest, according to Cairns police sources. Irwin was filming an underwater documentary at the time. (more...)
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Postby Tommybar » Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:45 pm

Play with bees, your going to get stung.
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Postby GomiGirl » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:35 pm

OMG - Steve Irwin has DIED???

I was never a fan but damn - that is just so sad. Which Australian media fool are we going sledge now???
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Postby Taro Toporific » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:43 pm

American Oyaji wrote:Irwin was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest...(more...)


Damn, after all the things he has done, a sting ray got him.
I feel sorry for his wife, Terri, and their young kids Bindi Sue and Bob (Steve famously held Bob over a croc once).
Irwin was the most popular Aussie in Japanese TV he is on some program almost every week on Cable TV on the Discovery Channel Japan.
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Postby kamome » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:01 pm

This is really sad news. Even if some Australians felt he perpetuated certain embarrasing stereotypes, I think he was a great entertainer and conservationist. What a horrible way to die.
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Postby ichigo partygirl » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:07 pm

Here in NZ its the top news story (yes we have no shame).
Death was instant according to the news so i guess thats something
His wife is out in the middle of nowhere tramping so she hasnt been located - i hope someone finds her before the media gets to her.
Its a sad end to an icon of Australia and animal lovers the world over - considering his work though i guess it was only a certain amount of time before his luck ran out....
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Postby Charles » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:24 pm

GomiGirl wrote:Which Australian media fool are we going sledge now???

All of them.
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Postby ichigo partygirl » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:27 pm

Charles wrote:All of them.


wow Charles it took you over 2 hours to take an easy cheap shot at Australia.
You're getting slow
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Postby dimwit » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:35 pm

Never saw his show but did see the South Park parody, which is a fav.

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Steve Irwin: That was quite an angry croc, but I managed to escape with only a few bruises and a shattered left testicle. Next week, we'll look for more of these beautiful creatures so we can learn more about them by pissing them off immensely. Thanks for watching
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Postby Kuang_Grade » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:43 pm

GomiGirl wrote:OMG - Steve Irwin has DIED??? I was never a fan but damn - that is just so sad. Which Australian media fool are we going sledge now???


I'm sure that Yahoo Serious or Mark "jacko" Johnson (http://youtube.com/watch?v=z80-Jz7M4ok) would be keen for a comeback.
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Postby cliffy » Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:17 pm

Living in Cairns, the Steve Irwin news is on a five minute rotation today. I always suspected an animal would figure in his demise given his somewhat casual attitude to some of the worlds most dangerous animals, but a stingray???
I just shows, "You never know". I just hope the media lets his family grieve with some dignity, but I doubt it.
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NooooOOOOooo!!

Postby sillygirl » Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:20 pm

Am gutted......:( :(
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Postby kurohinge1 » Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:36 pm

cliffy wrote: . . . I just hope the media lets his family grieve with some dignity . . .


Me too.

I have no doubt that he was a much loved father & husband and I really feel for his wife & kids.

The family empire he built does a lot for wildlife conservation and, regardless of his faults, he was a great man in what he gave back. And he had a mischievous sense of humour.

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This is really sad news.

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Postby AssKissinger » Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:16 pm

I'll always remember him as the idiot who brought his little daughter in with him to feed the gators.

PS I didn't know stingrays were so bad ass.
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Postby FG Lurker » Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:18 pm

Charles wrote:All of them.

Fuck you Charles, you slimy piece of kangaroo shit. Go crawl back into your cave with the dregs of humanity where you belong.
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Postby GuyJean » Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:20 pm

kurohinge1 wrote:This is really sad news.

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Holy shit!.. What a bummer.. I saw the headline 'Crock Hunter Dies' somewhere on the web, but I didn't think it was the Crock Hunter.. Very sad; he was a fun teacher.. :(

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Postby Greji » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:29 pm

[quote="GuyJean"]Holy shit!.. What a bummer.. I saw the headline 'Crock Hunter Dies' somewhere on the web, but I didn't think it was the Crock Hunter.. Very sad]

I didn't realize that he was as popular in the states as he was. My daughter has been emailing all of her class mates and friends in the world that they would know and it is a major wadai!
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Postby American Oyaji » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:57 pm

Reportedly, his last word was, "Crikey".

No, in all seriousness, I guess the barb went straight to his heart.
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Postby emperor » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:43 pm

barb on the barby(q) ...?
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Postby geronimo » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:47 pm

kamome wrote:What a horrible way to die.


I dunno man... he died quickly and he died doing something he loved. We should all be so lucky.

I feel sorry for the family and friends he left behind but I really cant be that unhappy for a guy that went out doing something he loved.
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Postby IkemenTommy » Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:08 am

dimwit wrote:Never saw his show but did see the South Park parody, which is a fav.

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The one where he goes.. "Ahh crikey, let me stick my thumb up the ahss." One of the funnier SP episodes.
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Postby IkemenTommy » Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:11 am

AssKissinger wrote:
PS I didn't know stingrays were so bad ass.

There is a car named after it
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Postby IkemenTommy » Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:19 am

Supposedly, the video of him getting stung should be available on the web soon.
FOOTAGE of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin being fatally gored by a stingray on the Great Barrier Reef has been handed to Queensland police as fans worldwide come to grips with the "freak" death.
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Postby Adhesive » Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:15 am

I know he may not have been very popular or well-liked in Australia, but we Americans loved the freaking guy. I think it's a "sincerity over intelligence" thing that is peculiar to the States.

Usually when celebrities die, I just hear jokes or apathetic replies from my friends and colleagues, but today I have heard nothing but "Man, I can't believe it...he was such a great guy." My J-wife is equally depressed.

I think people really admired his ability to live life to the fullest. He always came off as being genuinely sincere, unassuming, and warm-hearted.

RIP Steve
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Postby Buraku » Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:11 am

Taro Toporific wrote:Damn, after all the things he has done, a sting ray got him.


fuck that's sad news,
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Postby American Oyaji » Tue Sep 05, 2006 5:22 am

What Adhesive said rings true.
Usually I wouldn't give two squats about a celeb death.

Thing was, he was an ordinary dude with celebrity status. He didn't change what he did because he became famous.
And he was just so damn likeable.
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Postby AssKissinger » Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:08 am

Sung to the Bon Jovi tune

Shot through the heart
A stringray's to blame
He gives fish
a bad name (bad name)
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Postby Taro Toporific » Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:33 am

Mo' betta....

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Postby AssKissinger » Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:39 am

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