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Steve Irwin killed by stingray
September 04, 2006 12:00
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CROCODILE Hunter Steve Irwin has died after a string-ray barb caught him in the chest.
The 44-year-old international TV star was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary when the incident happened.
Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality this morning at Batt Reef off Port Douglas. It is understood Irwin was killed around midday.
Irwin leaves his wife Terri and young children Bob and and Bindi.
The blonde star of Crocodile Hunter, who made khaki shorts and boots his uniform all year round, was an Australian icon.
But his reptile wrestling antics thrilled overseas audiences even more and he became a fixture on US television in the past decade.
But his reptile wrestling antics thrilled overseas audiences even more and he became a fixture on US television in the past decade.
The son of naturalists Bob and Lyn Irwin, Steve learned to live with dangerous reptiles from a young age at the family?s Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park.
He opened his own Australia Zoo in Queensland in 1991, leading him to record the hugely popular Crocodile Hunter the following year.
His catchcry of ?Crikey!? brought the unfashionable Aussie phrase back into vogue.
Irwin?s work had a serious side. He was recently made the face of Australia?s quarantine laws and appeared in TV advertisements urging travellers not to endanger Australia?s unique flora and fauna by bringing in foreign specimens.
For all his love of animals, Irwin?s first duty was to his US-born wife, Terri Reines, who appeared by his side from the very first episode of the Crocodile Hunter. In 1998, their daughter Bindi Sue was born and drafted straight into the family business.
A son, Robert Clarence, was born in 2003 and Irwin made world headlines - and suffered a dent on his popularity - when he took the baby boy into a crocodile enclosure, leading critics to accuse him of neglect.
He opened his own Australia Zoo in Queensland in 1991, leading him to record the hugely popular Crocodile Hunter the following year.
His catchcry of ?Crikey!? brought the unfashionable Aussie phrase back into vogue.
Irwin?s work had a serious side. He was recently made the face of Australia?s quarantine laws and appeared in TV advertisements urging travellers not to endanger Australia?s unique flora and fauna by bringing in foreign specimens.
For all his love of animals, Irwin?s first duty was to his US-born wife, Terri Reines, who appeared by his side from the very first episode of the Crocodile Hunter. In 1998, their daughter Bindi Sue was born and drafted straight into the family business.
A son, Robert Clarence, was born in 2003 and Irwin made world headlines - and suffered a dent on his popularity - when he took the baby boy into a crocodile enclosure, leading critics to accuse him of neglect.
 Steve Irwin has been killed in a freak accident while filming a wildlife documentary. / The Daily Telegraph |
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In death, I am sure from his clouds in the sky Steve wont be content with heaven, rather, he will bait the devil - roll him on his back - and let fly the infamous words 'Crikey!'Posted by: Douglas James Fitchett of Versailles - France 6:43pm today
TERRIBLE NEWS - he was bigger than anything australian the flags on the Sydney Harbour Bridge should fly at half mast 2mrwPosted by: michelle blakeney of SYDNEY 6:33pm today
I'M VERY SORRY FOR THE LOST OF A GREAT MAN, I HOPE THE FAMILY AND CHILDREN WILL BE ALRIGHT, THOUGH I KNOW THEY WILL SUFFER IN ALOT OF GREEF, AND I GODBLESS THEM ALL. I HAVE A SON AND DAUGHTER THAT LOVED STEVE VERY MUCH AND LOVE WATCHING ALL HIS MOVIES WHICH WE HAVE NEARLY ALL OF THEM, I JUST WISHED I TOOK THEM TO THE ZOO EARLIER, THOUGH HE PASSED ON WHAT HE LOVES DOING BEST, I JUST HOPE EVERYTHING FOR THE FAMILY GOES WELL IN THE FUTURE.. AND I GOD BLESS STEVE IRWIN A REAL GUTSY BLOKE AND A FAMOUS MAN. REST IN PEACE BUDDY. "CRIKEY"Posted by: Emma Eldridge of Sydney N.S.W 6:32pm today