Steve Irwin killed by stingray!

[chocolatepuppy]

Oh no! RIP Steve.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Looks like he died instantly

http://www.theage.com.au/news/Nation...222051588.html

[RobiLee]

Rest In Peace, Steve Irwin.

[EssTer]

when I first heard it today, I thought it was a joke!!
But OMG, it´s really true..it´s so horrible....I relly enjoyed his tv shows on animal planet....

RIP Steve

[trayi52]

My God, it's really true. Sometimes I really enjoyed watching his show. It really is hard to believe that he went that way.

Steve Irwin, rest in peace.

Willie

[Pam]

So sad. I believe his baby is only two years old so he/she will never know their dad.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

So sad. I believe his baby is only two years old so he/she will never know their dad.

His son will be 3 in December

[beeniesmom]

when I first heard it today, I thought it was a joke!!
But OMG, it´s really true..it´s so horrible....I relly enjoyed his tv shows on animal planet....

RIP Steve

Me too. That is so sad.

[I_luv_rusty]

I saw that on the news at the Ranch. I thought it was soo werid out of all the things he does he gets killed by a stingray... you'd think after dealing with all these crocodiles if he were to ever get hurt it'd be getting killed by one of thing. RIP Steve. Yes he does have children.. when the younger one was a baby he took it in with the gators....

[Lori Jordan]

Irwins leave Tassie holiday
By HELEN KEMPTON , Tuesday, 5 September 2006










HEADING HOME: Bindi Irwin leads mum Terri and brother Bob across the tarmac at Devonport Airport to the private jet late yesterday afternoon. Picture: PETER LORD


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Little Bob Irwin clutched his pink pig and looked on bewildered yesterday as his mum Terri and eight-year-old sister Bindi walked quickly across the Devonport Airport tarmac to board a private jet.

It was about 5.15pm.

Just hours earlier, Steve Irwin's three-year-old son, wife and daughter had been holidaying at Cradle Mountain when they heard the terrible news that Australia's Crocodile Hunter had died while filming a documentary about the sea's most dangerous creatures.

A stoic Mrs Irwin drove her two children and two other women down from the mountain and into the old control tower compound at Devonport Airport.

A white jet had landed 20 minutes earlier.

Mrs Irwin got her bags out of the white four-wheel drive, shook hands with the pilot and then guided her children on to the plane to fly home to Queensland and face the grim reality of what had happened at the Great Barrier Reef.

Bindi had her arms full of blankets and her young face showed she understood better than her little brother the gravity of the situation.

Other passengers in the terminal watched on in shock as news of Irwin's sudden death spread quickly.

Devonport police Insp. Lachland Avery said Mrs Irwin appeared to be holding up well in the circumstances.

"She was a bit upset but outwardly very strong," Insp. Avery said yesterday after meeting the Irwins on the tarmac.

Mrs Irwin had contacted Tasmania Police early yesterday afternoon after hearing the news of her husband's death from friends and family in Queensland and via the radio.

It is understood the group - the Irwins and two women many presumed were members of Mrs Irwin's American family - had been in the State only a short while before their holiday was cut short by tragedy.

"She knew of Steve's death before I had to contact her," Sgt Paul Devine said yesterday as he waited for Mrs Irwin to arrive at the airport.

Earlier in the day, calls had been made for a helicopter to fly into Cradle Mountain to fly the family out.

This was not possible and Mrs Irwin drove the 100km from the popular holiday spot to the nearest airport to get home.

[GreyhoundGirl]

I'm a big fan of his movies. This is a complete shock. RIP Steve.

[animal_rescue]

RIP Steve, I was always a fan of his, loved watching the show every now and then. I'm very sad to hear this.

[joanofark]

I just heard about it, and the first thing that popped into my mind was all of the animal planet fans on here!!

I was shocked..... yet, I wasn't. He did some crazy things!! I remember watching him when I was little!

RIP, Steve!

[Zippy]

oh my goodness
I used to watch him all the time.

[JenBKR]

How sad I always liked him. I read that as soon as I got online, such a shock.