Steve Irwin "Croc Hunter" is dead

[Chadder007]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.html


Edit: Confirmed. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1732439.htm
http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=131094&region=7
http://au.news.yahoo.com/060904/23/10ebv.html

Update: His wife may not be aware of his death yet.....
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.html

Just to avoid reposts, this one deserves a sticky.

RIP Steve.

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[SynthDude2001]

Dug will be crushed

 

[altonb1]

Crikies!

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Woah...

 

[BlueWeasel]

:Q

 

[DainBramaged]

Damn

 

[chocobaR]

OMFG...

 

[JoeKing]

wow!

 

[fishface313]

any other places confirm this??? something seems fishy!

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: fishface313
any other places confirm this??? something seems fishy!

same here, i was trying to confirm

 

[SSP]

No fscking way!

He had a young son didnt he?

 

[axelfox]

Right through the chest!

 

[myjaja]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin

 

[ta8689]

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: SSP
No fscking way!

He had a young son didnt he?

Daughter...

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: fishface313
any other places confirm this??? something seems fishy!

way to pun

at least he went doing what he loved, right?:thumbsup:

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: fishface313
any other places confirm this??? something seems fishy!

Confirmed....its top story here
http://www.abc.net.au/news/

 

[EvilYoda]

man, that really sucks...through the chest!? wtf.

 

[aidanjm]

that is sad. didn't he have a little girl?

What the hell is a "sting-ray barb"..?

 

[Rob9874]

Confirmed here too: http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=103046

 

[Conky]

Crikey! That sucks!

He always seemed like a nice enough guy but he did take an awful lot of chances.

 

[GhettoFob]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
:Q

 

[preslove]

Well, at least it was the coolest death ever. You have to have had a bad ass life to go out with a freaking sting ray's barb through the chest while filming your own movie.

 

[Rob9874]

Originally posted by: aidanjm
that is sad. didn't he have a little girl?

What the hell is a "sting-ray barb"..?

I think it's their long sharp tail that they straighten to use as a weapon.

 

[masterxfob]

so many people try to copy his style, but no one even comes close