Sounds kinda...made up to me...like the time there was the scare of Joey Jordison (slipknots drummer) dying.  But in the case its true...thats a freaky freak accident.  ill miss that crazy aussie with really short shorts. Though I woulda thaught he woulda been bitten by a croc or something...not some stupid ray...lol

EDIT: Nevermind, its on CNN too...so it must be true lol

Steve Irwin dead

The naturalist and television star Steve Irwin has died in a diving accident in far north Queensland. He was 44.

Police say he was stung through the heart by a stingray while diving off Port Douglas.

He was filming a documentary when the accident occurred around midday AEST near the Low Isles.

A helicopter arrived with paramedics on board to try to resuscitate him, but it was too late.

Irwin, who was was born in Victoria in 1962, inherited his love of reptiles from his father.

His father Bob was a keen reptile enthusiast and moved the family to Queensland in 1970 to open a small reptile park on the Sunshine Coast.

Irwin took over the family business in 1991 and grew it into Australia Zoo.

In 1992 he ventured into television, making the first series of the Crocodile Hunter.

When the program aired in the United States, he shot to international fame.

Irwin is survived by his wife Terri and two children.

Hmm.  Irwin killed in freak animal accident.

Never saw that coming.

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yea animal planet is just retarded now with its "planets funniest animals" crap

Ooh man that sucks. He was a cool guy.

yeah i woke up like 5 minutes ago and my dad told me about it

I saw it on NBC this morning..... Its kinda sad too, they had an interview with him from a while back and all he talked about was his kids.......

You would think that a crock would eat him or something, but no. a stupid stingray. That would be like hitler chokeing on a cookie or something at the end of WWII kinda.......

I used to have a stingray as a pet........

I allways thought he woulda gone out by Crocodile attack.

RIP

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/05/1157222098946.html - http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/09/05/1157222098946.html

Irwin death footage 'terrible'

The underwater video footage of Steve Irwin's death after he was speared in the chest by a stingray was "shocking" his manager reportedly said today.

John Stainton told reporters the footage, which he had handed to police, was the worst thing he had ever seen, Sydney's 2GB radio reported this morning.

"I have seen the footage and it's shocking," Mr Stainton said.

"It's a very hard thing to watch because you're watching somebody die and it's terrible."

Mr Stainton, also a producer and director of Irwin's popular television shows, said the footage showed Mr Irwin pulling the barb out of his chest before losing consciousness.

'The tail came up'

"It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest), and he pulled it out and the next minute he's gone.

"That was it. The cameraman had to shut down."

Mr Stainton, who was aboard Mr Irwin's vessel Croc One when the tragedy occurred, said it was likely the television star and naturalist died almost immediately as a result of the stingray's blow.

"(He was) probably a metre coming over the top of it," he said.

"He was underwater. I think, and the coroner's report will say what happened, but I think he died fairly instantly."

Mr Stainton said he was still in disbelief that a stingray could claim his close friend's life.

"He was always on the precipice," he said.

"He always pushed himself to the very limits but I thought he was invulnerable and I think he did too."

i just heard about it my sister is depressed

Look at it this way: At least he died doing what he loved.

he really was a great guy...  i watched his documentery on the Animal Planet.  Did you know he,as in himself, actually rescued an old guy who was scuba diving?  Really cool story.

Animal planet's good, except for planet's funniest animals (not funny at all), animal cops, and some other shows.  I don't like to see animals being abused...

Most Extreme is kinda neat

If that footage ever makes it to the internet I would sincerely hope that the fcc would stop it quick. That's not something to take lightly, that's the image of a man dying dying people. I don't understand why you're all so interested in seeing it.

don't tell me it's out there