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Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Killed By Stingray

Crikey.

THE Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, is dead.

He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said today.

It is understood he was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest and reportedly into his heart.

He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary when the tragedy occured.

Irwin, a father of two, was just 44.  Per Wiki:

On September 4, 2006 shortly after 11:00 AM local time, Irwin was killed in a marine accident while filming an underwater documentary in the Batt Reef off the Low Isles near Port Douglas, north of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is believed that a stingray barb penetrated his chest causing a fatal wound, though this has yet to be confirmed by Australian officials. In an ironic twist, it has been reported that his new documentary was aimed at demystifying the stingray.

From a 2003 ABC interview:

"I think I've actually got animals so genetically inside me that there's no way I could actually be anything else... I think my path would have always gone back to or delivered me to wildlife. I think wildlife is just like a magnet, and it's something that I can't help."

Irwin took flak for an incident in 2004 in which he involved his son Bob in a croc feeding demonstration, but he certainly struck me as one of the most intrepid entertainers and educators of our time.

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Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Killed By Stingray

Crikey.

THE Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, is dead.

He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said today.

It is understood he was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest and reportedly into his heart.

He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary when the tragedy occured.

Irwin, a father of two, was just 44.  Per Wiki:

On September 4, 2006 shortly after 11:00 AM local time, Irwin was killed in a marine accident while filming an underwater documentary in the Batt Reef off the Low Isles near Port Douglas, north of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is believed that a stingray barb penetrated his chest causing a fatal wound, though this has yet to be confirmed by Australian officials. In an ironic twist, it has been reported that his new documentary was aimed at demystifying the stingray.

From a 2003 ABC interview:

"I think I've actually got animals so genetically inside me that there's no way I could actually be anything else... I think my path would have always gone back to or delivered me to wildlife. I think wildlife is just like a magnet, and it's something that I can't help."

Irwin took flak for an incident in 2004 in which he involved his son Bob in a croc feeding demonstration, but he certainly struck me as one of the most intrepid entertainers and educators of our time.