Wildlife warrior Steve Irwin was a daredevil who loved flirting with danger around deadly animals.
But after years of close shaves it was a normally harmless stingray which finally claimed his life on Monday, plunging a barb into the Crocodile Hunter’s chest as he snorkelled in shallow water on the Great Barrier Reef.
The 44-year-old TV personality may have died instantly when struck by the stingray while filming a sequence for his eight-year-old daughter Bindi’s new TV series, friends believe.
Rest in peace Steve!
It is a sad, solemn outcome when someone dies. The interest by the public at large of someone’s death seems universal. As evidenced by the way I found out about it. The search engine and tag popularity list. I am not sure what to make of this. Aside from the obvious explanations.
My condolences to Mr. Irwin’s family
Maybe people heard about it on a holiday, thought it might be a rumor and went to the web for confirmation.
Or
“Everyone” knows who the Croc Hunter is, so if it’s true, they’re going to multiple sources for information.
Or
I heard a brief news bit at about 5 a.m. today, so I went to Yahoo! after all the networks had given the same information.
Like Johnny Knoxville said, “There’s no such thing as a pretty good alligator wrestler.”