RIP Steve Irwin

[IbanezSamurai]

Reports of the Australian wildlife television presenter Steve Irwin's death have long been either exaggerated or expected. On previous occasions, Irwin, known worldwide for his Discovery Channel programmes, was allegedly killed by a black mamba and a komodo dragon. This time, sadly, the reports were true - the barb from a stingray punching into his heart in what most experts regard as a freak accident.

Irwin, whose death has come at the age of 44, was no stranger to danger. He was born in Essendon, near Melbourne, Victoria, to Lyn and Bob Irwin, both naturalists, and for his sixth birthday received as a pet a 3.6m-long scrub python called Fred. The family moved north to Beerwah, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, and in 1970 bought the land for a small reptile park. It grew in size, went through various changes of name, was celebrated for its displays of crocodile feeding, and in 1990 became the Australia Zoo.

It is most likely that Irwin would have preferred to have been killed by a saltwater crocodile, his favourite creature, but he would, nevertheless, have relished telling an audience about the creature which killed him, the stingray, "with a 10-inch long serrated spine which flexes if it is frightened". Stainton was on the boat 1,200 miles off Port Douglas on the Great Barrier Reef where Irwin was attacked: "He died doing what he loved best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind. He would have said 'Crocs Rule.'"

[Skyler]

Quite sad to be honest. Must have been a pretty shitty way to die, as well.

[Matt?]

nah sounded like a pretty heroic death to me. he pulled out the barb with his final breaths.

i just wish i'd watched his show more. because he seems awesome from what i've watched on the animal channel tribute

[Munky_Jam]

Everyone I know (australian) is absolutely destroyed. The whole world (sydney and what i see of the rest of australia) seems pretty sad. Its like for the english when Princess Diana died, he was much cooler though and did just as much good for the world.

[Master Arkam Kannon]

I thought it was the guy from Crockadile Dun Dee. Not to sound heartless, but I was much releved when it wasnt him.

[Skyler]

nah sounded like a pretty heroic death to me. he pulled out the barb with his final breaths.

Heroic? Maybe. Painful? Oh god.

[Aerodyne]

He definitely brought wildlife awareness to many people who wouldn't have know what a cloaca was otherwise. I'm going to college to be a wildlife biologist, probably because of the saturdays I spent watching "Crocodile Hunter". Very cool guy, I can only hope I can be that knowledgeable one day. :thumb:

[RockStar]

The thing which is the most sad to me is that you would always hear him saying about how much his dad taught him about animals etc and now he can no longer pass that on to his own son :'(

I feel so sad for his family.

R.I.P.

[Gnarmageddon]

Kind of sucks that he wrestled crocodiles and poisonous snakes for all of his life, and then he gets killed by an animal that's usually harmless. But I guess you can only take so many chances in life, and he finally just worked down to his last one.

[Jon]

Everyone I know (australian) is absolutely destroyed. The whole world (sydney and what i see of the rest of australia) seems pretty sad. Its like for the english when Princess Diana died, he was much cooler though and did just as much good for the world.
Dude, noone cared when Di died.

[RockStar]

Dude, noone cared when Di died.

were you under a rock at the time?

[pitchfork]

Yeah its just a bunch of nobs saying they were so distraught when some woman they never ****ing knew died, it was a fashion that loads of dicks followed.
**** diana shes a whore for all I know.

While irwin was cool i don't feel sorry or sadened by his death, he took the risk and he lost. Its like people who do medical testing, if something goes wrong, tough ****, you chose to do it.
Anyone got the footage of his death?

[RockStar]

dude.... I hope you die a horrible, slow, painful death.

[Avalanche.]

Yeah its just a bunch of nobs saying they were so distraught when some woman they never ****ing knew died, it was a fashion that loads of dicks followed.
**** diana shes a whore for all I know.

While irwin was cool i don't feel sorry or sadened by his death, he took the risk and he lost. Its like people who do medical testing, if something goes wrong, tough ****, you chose to do it.
Anyone got the footage of his death?
That's a pretty terrible thing to say.

[Jon]

But seriously, only Daily Mail readers cared about Diana.

[Phill]

Apparently his death was caught on tape.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5314918.stm - BBC News link.

Who bets some sick **** gets a hold of it and its on the internets within 10 days.

[Quirky Turkey]

I really liked his shows.

R.I.P

[pitchfork]

That's a pretty terrible thing to say.
I'm just being honest, something most people don't have the balls to do because they don't want the hassle.

I'm not disputing his work but i'm not sadened by his death.

[Jawaharal]

We should make a tribute song or movie or something.

[Bad Blood]

nah sounded like a pretty heroic death to me. he pulled out the barb with his final breaths.

i just wish i'd watched his show more. because he seems awesome from what i've watched on the animal channel tribute

you'll soon see much more of him on tv.

[pitchfork]

I got a tribute for you

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e273/Theclashrock/crocodile.jpg

[Dead Star]

oh man thats hilarious

[_R2D2_]

yeah i saw that animal planet thing too. it was pretty sad.

[pitchfork]

I can see it now "Irwin suncream, protects against harmful rays"
:lol:

[CRONITOR]

Well at least he died doing what he loved... being with stingrays.

[Dropsonde]

I watched his show ever day before school when I was younger

RIP

[Mexican Bandito]

I can see it now "Irwin suncream, protects against harmful rays"
:lol:
hahah :lol:

good one!

[Mazeppa]

I can see it now "Irwin suncream, protects against harmful rays"
:lol:
Nice copy+paste :rolleyes:

But yeah, kinda sad that he went like that : \

[Eliminator]

Who bets some sick **** gets a hold of it and its on the internets within 10 days

I'd watch that constantly for days on end whilst lol'ing.

[Matt?]

steve was quoted as saying it'd be a tragedy if his death wasn't on film.

[Eliminator]

Steve Irwin: Crikey, I Died!

in a theater near you spring 2007

[Untitled]

steve was quoted as saying it'd be a tragedy if his death wasn't on film.
it was caught on film though wasnt it, i read in the papers today that there gonna show his death on tv, the family said so, or something.

[Eliminator]

Steve Irwin will save wildlife posthumously.

He's the next Tupac.

[ChodaBoy]

Something they said on Fox news last night made me lol, "even after hes gone, hes still teaching us about animals", and its true!

[Untitled]

Something they said on Fox news last night made me lol, "even after hes gone, hes still teaching us about animals", and its true!Haha. only on fox :lol:

I was reading the BBC news website and it said they might give him a state funeral if his family agree to it.

This must be a realy big deal in austrialialand. (i say it like its not, but i mean it must be hugeeeee news)

[Incognito]

Steve Irwin: Crikey, I Died!

in a theater near you spring 2007

WHOA! When did comedians start coming on MX?!

it was caught on film though wasnt it, i read in the papers today that there gonna show his death on tv, the family said so, or something.

I've heard that too, not sure if it's 100% true, but either way I don't think it's going to be something I'm going to want to watch.

And now, a YTMND

http://hunterjedispirit.ytmnd.com/

[team_racket]

:lol: thats bad taste. but funny.

[Incognito]

:lol: thats bad taste. but funny.


Really? I thought it was in good taste. It' doesn't make fun of him, it just shows he'll still live on...with a nice little twist.

[Eliminator]

WHOA! When did comedians start coming on MX?! woah i didn't no i had fans here

:h5:

[Mr. Pickle]

Who bets some sick **** gets a hold of it and its on the internets within 10 days.


i'd watch it. i'm not a sick ****, but i'm curious.




i heard that the last footage they got of him was while he was pulling the barb out and taking his last few breaths.

[Untitled]

Id watch it i think, i dunno.

If i did i would proberly cry or something.

[Mr. Pickle]

Its like people who do medical testing, if something goes wrong, tough ****, you chose to do it.

the difference between that is that medical testing is usually done on people who need money and ****. in most cases, the person being tested on isn't really trying to do much for society and whatnot, as where steve irwin was trying to change the world.


that's why so many people miss him, not because he got killed by a stingray...

[Strum]

Never smile at a...

Stingray!

[Eliminator]

i heart stingrays

<3

[La Revolucion]

I guess they actually got footage of his death since there was a documentary being filmed...sick.

[Eliminator]

Sick as in... terrible?

[La Revolucion]

Well of course.

[Eliminator]

But it's okay anywhere else right.

[La Revolucion]

Yeah feel free to film any other deaths, it's cool.

[Eliminator]

Better not watch horror movies, war movies, or documentaries anymore guys

[La Revolucion]

Oh quiet. It's just sick because it's just a single person, and one that almost everyone would recognize...oh I'm never going to get you to side with me I'll just shut up.

[Eliminator]

One person dying is much worse than seeing large groups of people dying.

Is Paul Hogan dead yet? If not we should all get ready to cry and mourn for him too. Crocodile Dundee was an amazing and inspiring figure in Australian history.

[Generic Joshman]

Took me a couple days to find out the fact that he ripped the barb out of his heart before dying.. that takes mad balls.

[Munky_Jam]

Haha. only on fox :lol:

I was reading the BBC news website and it said they might give him a state funeral if his family agree to it.

This must be a realy big deal in austrialialand. (i say it like its not, but i mean it must be hugeeeee news)
Man it is a huge deal. Imagine i don't know who overseas it would be. But he was an amazing guy and did amazing work. THere's this massive black cloud over here. No one can believe that theres a world where the crocodile hunter is dead. Its like shane warne being killed/retiring. Even if you didn't love him you just can't believe that its for real that he wont be there.
They have to get counselling in for so many schools, and every body sort of feels as though a distant family member has been knocked off. I work in a school and the children are not at all handelign it. Its weird feeling here in australia. Even the arseholes like myself who'd normally be poking fun at this sort of thing are still laughing but its really subdued. I mean the port arthur massacre was funnier as was micheal hutchence (and the thing is he is my absolute favourite local musician ever).

[Munky_Jam]

Is Paul Hogan dead yet? If not we should all get ready to cry and mourn for him too. Crocodile Dundee was an amazing and inspiring figure in Australian history.
Not quite man.

[TimJim]

i will miss 'im

[Danger Bird]

It's weird that everybody finds this so hilarious, when it's like.. he left a widow and an orphaned kid, you know? That's nothing to laugh about.

[Pseudo1]

It's weird that everybody finds this so hilarious, when it's like.. he left a widow and an orphaned kid*, you know? That's nothing to laugh about.

*Two orphaned kids.

[Chanandler Bong]

Took me a couple days to find out the fact that he ripped the barb out of his heart before dying.. that takes mad balls.


Source?

[gaslight]

^ Any article interviewing his manager/crew who were with him. The footage of his death shows him pulling the barb out of his heart before dying, the cameraman switched it off by then.

At the moment there's only one copy of the tape, the original, and it is police custody for evidence in the coroner's inquest. After that his manager said the tape will be destroyed. It would be sad if it was leaked, because his family don't want it released to the public, so it shouldn't be as far as I'm concerned.

[dazmo]

yeah, that would be really bad if it was released, and who ever leaked it would be booted out of australia

[pitchfork]

the difference between that is that medical testing is usually done on people who need money and ****. in most cases, the person being tested on isn't really trying to do much for society and whatnot, as where steve irwin was trying to change the world.


that's why so many people miss him, not because he got killed by a stingray...
Oh please englighten me, how in the hell was he trying to change the world?
He was making a tv program about deadly animals, no more no less.

[Alf™]

He raises a incredible amount of awareness about animals in all of his shows.

[gaslight]

He means that Steve Irwin's goal in life was to make people more aware of animals and environmental concerns through his documentary/entertainment work.

[loathed]

yes, i liked his shows...

[SailAway]

RIP Steve, you were a great guy, always trying to do what was best for the environment and raise awareness. IMO the man is pretty much a legend.

[pitchfork]

He raises a incredible amount of awareness about animals in all of his shows.
Give me an example.

[gaslight]

Perhaps if you watched something he'd done you wouldn't need to ask.

[CRONITOR]

I think they said they were going to try to destroy the tape, at least thats what i heard on the news.

[Gorgo]

Aye, a terrible end for a great person. I met him in person once though I wasn't able to chat with em' much he was a great fellow.

RIP Steve Irwin

[TimJim]

that link that was posted for the "Irwin Gouging show" didn't show anyone die :evil:

[Mr. Pickle]

Oh please englighten me, how in the hell was he trying to change the world?
He was making a tv program about deadly animals, no more no less.


did you see any of the animal planet special?

have you heard of/know anything about his involvment with the australian zoo?

have you seen all of the animals he's saved?

do you have any idea how much money he has put into nature and conservation projects?



look at what an effect his death has had on the world. if the kratt brothers died, there wouldn't be nearly as many people affected as there is now.

[Surtr]

Steve was a major factor in raising awareness about animals. It's sad to see him go, and even though my avatar isn't quite the greatest ":(" in the world, I still must say, he was an awesome guy.

R.I.P Steve

[pitchfork]

did you see any of the animal planet special?

have you heard of/know anything about his involvment with the australian zoo?

have you seen all of the animals he's saved?

do you have any idea how much money he has put into nature and conservation projects?



look at what an effect his death has had on the world. if the kratt brothers died, there wouldn't be nearly as many people affected as there is now.
While I did watch a lot of his stuff I don't see how that changed the world, its just entertainment, vets save animals all the time big whoop, yeah he put money into conservation and nature, Like he's the first one? not quite

Its just beacause its and unexpected celebrity death that its being talked about, he was a bloke who loved animals and was entertaining on tv, no more no less.
He didn't change the world, wait til bob geldoff dies if you want to say someone has changed the world.

and like his dad said, he would've wanted to be remembered as an ordinary bloke.

[gaslight]

By definition, he did change the world, though either way what people are saying is that he should be given credit for trying to, and he made a sight more effort than most people do.

Remembering him as an ordinary bloke is a different thing to disregarding his achievements and efforts. He may want to remembered as an ordinary guy, but I think if people forgot everything he did, he would consider his life wasted.

[RockStar]

guys does anyone have a link to the interview with Jamie Seymour (the guy on the boat with steve at the time)

this guy (the one on the left):

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200601/r70823_196980.jpg

[pitchfork]

I expect this is an aussie thing I just don't see why he is so highly regarded.

Yeah he made some cool shows, he had a zoo.
He spent his money to help animals.
But all of you only stop to think about him now he's dead.
Come on when he was alive how often did you talk about him, once every 4 years maybe, even then you were taking the piss.
It just annoys me when people grieve for people they don't know.

I suppose he's like the bob geldoff of the animal world yeah?
i'll leave you with that.

[Mr. Pickle]

While I did watch a lot of his stuff I don't see how that changed the world, its just entertainment
he was doing ALL of this way before he started the tv show.


vets save animals all the time big whoop
what he does and a vet are very different fields of work.


yeah he put money into conservation and nature, Like he's the first one? not quite
this would be a good point if you weren't trying to make it sound like it was less than it really was. he didn't just make a few donations, a big part of his revenue is being constantly poured into animal conservations.

Its just beacause its and unexpected celebrity death that its being talked about, he was a bloke who loved animals and was entertaining on tv, no more no less.
celebrities of equal fame die everyday, there's a reason this is getting such a huge response and many others aren't. he has had an impact on tons of people.

[Strum]

they announced the funeral details yesterday

apparently Sting & Ray Charles are singing

[Scoot]

If he'd left the barb in he'd have had a better chance at surviving.

RIP Steve

[Salivation]

they announced the funeral details yesterday

apparently Sting & Ray Charles are singing

:eek:

/ROFL

[Generic Joshman]

If he'd left the barb in he'd have had a better chance at surviving.

RIP Steve

Poison in the heart = dead man.

[gaslight]

If he'd left the barb in he'd have had a better chance at surviving.

RIP Steve

Yeah he was pretty screwed either way, leave it in with the poison, or take it out and leave a really big wound.

[evaworcim]

apparently sting ray poison isn't that dangerous though, although i'm sure being int he heart would of made it's effects much worse

[loathed]

sting ray's poison are not very dangerous, in fact, they are virtually harmless, but the fact that the barb pierced somewhere near or even through his heart, it made it much worse

[Generic Joshman]

It doesn't really matter whether its "not very dangerous" the fact that its poison being injected straight into the heart makes its extremely dangerous. All the same, RIP steve.