http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.html
He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said. It is understood he was killed by a sting-ray barb that went through his chest.
He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater do entary and that's when it occured.
Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality this morning at Batt Reef off Port Douglas.
A sad day, Steve has died.
The Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, has died after he was stung by a stingray off the far north Queensland coast. The ambulance service says he was diving near Low Isles off Port Douglas when the incident happened around 11am AEST.
A helicopter carrying paramedics flew to the island, but he died from a stingray barb to the heart.
His next off kin are being flown from Brisbane to Cairns this afternoon.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...9/s1732439.htm
Wow.
Wow...He was stung through the heart by a damn stingray???? WTF???? Is this story legit or BS?
RIP Crocodile Hunter..
g'day, mate! oh, and crikey.
His wiki has been updated as well
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin
This is some sad stuff. He loved animals and nature and this is how he gets payed.
, if you're gonna go out, go out big.
RIP.
And I'm sorry for making the same thread. I didn't know it was made yet.
EDIT: It's been merged.
I always liked Steve Irwin. RIP.
"Shot through the heart, and you're to blame..."
Also the star of my favorite ESPN Sportscenter commericial.
Joe, you give love a bad name....
stingrays really hate it when you put your finger in their bunghole, like this...
"This is the most dangerous creature known to man...I'm gonna put my finger in his asshole."
Damnit, Steve Irwin...why'd you have to die?
Seriously, I always liked watching his show whenever I came across it.
This wouldn't mean they'd stop showing his show would it?
I'll tip my 40 to his memory
Man, what a sad day for animal lovers everywhere.
His daughter is gonna be devistated.
This is the morbid side of being a Paramedic...I wonder if they will show the footage of the stingray hitting him and the barb penetrating his chest....That is an unbelievable way to go out. I feel bad for his family.
I'm not trying to disrespect his death but I sure hope it was a BIG Stingray!
I always expected him to be killed by a super croc not a stingray!
I have been floundering and have stepped on a lot of stingrays.
David Williams
September 4, 2006 - 3:35PM
Television personality and environmentalist Steve Irwin has died after being stung by a stingray while filming off north Queensland.
Known worldwide as the Crocodile Hunter, the 44-year-old was famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchcry "Crikey!''.
The Queensland Police Service issued a statement saying Mr Irwin collapsed after being stung at Batt Reef, Low Isles off Port Douglas about 11am. He had been filming a do entary.
"Steve was hit by a stingray in the chest,'' said local diving operator Steve Edmondson, whose Poseidon boats were out on the Great Barrier Reef when the accident occured.
"He probably died from a cardiac arrest from the injury,'' he said.
Police said after he stingray attack, Irwin's crew called for medical treatment at 11am and the Queensland Rescue Helicopter responded with a doctor and paramedic on board.
Puncture wound
Mr Irwin had a puncture wound to the left side of his chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said Mr Irwin's family has been advised and Irwin's body was being flown to Cairns.
It is believed his American-born wife Terri was trekking on Cradle Mountain in Tasmania when the incident happened.
The Irwins have two children, an eight-year-old a daughter, Bindi Sue, and a three-year-old son, Robert Clarence, usually known as Bob.
When asked if he had ever heard of anyone dying from a stingray barb Matthew Hurley, general manager of Quicksilver Group, whose company has taken tours to Low Isles for 26 years, said: "No, definitely not."
"We've never heard of or been involved with anything like that."
Ross Coleman, acting director at at University of Sydney Ins ute of Marine Science, told smh.com.au it was "quite rare" for someone to die from contact with a stingray and he couldn't recall hearing of another incident.
Stingrays were "dangerous if provoked", he said.
"As a recreational diving instructor you hear of people getting injured by standing on them ... but they rarely die."
Trouble over croc feeding with son
Irwin won a global following for his daredevil antics but also triggered outrage in 2004 by holding his then one-month-old baby while feeding a snapping crocodile at his Australian zoo.
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, who used a photograph of his family at Australia Zoo for his official Christmas card last year, hailed Mr Irwin for his work in promoting Australia.
Mr Irwin was heavily involved in last year's "G'Day LA'' campaign.
"The minister knew him, was fond of him and was very, very appreciative of all the work he'd done to promote Australia overseas,'' a spokesman said.
The Crocodile Hunter program was first broadcast in 1992 and has been shown around the world on cable network Discovery.
Irwin came 20th last year in BRW magazine's top 50 entertainers.
The magazine said the hugely popular Crocodile Hunter spent most of 2005 filming and launching his new television series, New Breed Vets, to appear on the pay-TV channel Animal Planet.
In February, Irwin received an award for his contribution to tourism from Tourism Australia.
Over the last 12 months, he has also expanded his Australia Zoo wildlife park on the Sunshine Coast.
You know, you had to love that man's passion for animals and the environment.
as far as deaths go, this wasnt that bad, its like a nascar driver dying in a race, he was PAID out, he died doing what he loved and he should have probably died 10 times by now
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