Steve Irwin?

[quidditchgrrl]

I really hope this isn't true

ETA: It's true. :(

Comments

[hermorrine.livejournal.com]

Woah. I mean, he does crazy stuff, so I suppose no one should be surprised that he was killed by an animal, but... woah. I'll be annoyed if it's a sick joke...

[strangerface.livejournal.com]

There are a couple more news stories about it on Yahoo!News but there aren't many details. Bananas.

[authenticjoy.livejournal.com]

OMFG!

He was one of those dudes that you figured would die of some human disease - Not be killed by nature. Just cuz he did such bizarre things.

I feel so sorry for his wife and kid.

[poconell.livejournal.com]

It just seems so odd that he would go like this. With all of the dangerous animals he encountered so closely, a stingray?

You know what's ironic? He loved that stingray. Like he loved nature, and all of those animals he taught us so much about.

[authenticjoy.livejournal.com]

Right? Well, I guess the stingray didn't love him back all that much. :(

Dude showed us a lot in an up close an personal way about animals.

[belovedranger.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is so sad. Unbelievable.

A sting ray?!

[authenticjoy.livejournal.com]

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[broadwayjamie.livejournal.com]

WHAT?

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

True:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200609/s1732439.htm

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[authenticjoy.livejournal.com]

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20349892-952,00.html

Even the Wiki entry has been updated now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin

Re: More

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

Is it sad that the first place I went was Wiki for confirmation?

Re: More

[authenticjoy.livejournal.com]

Nah - The mods there are pretty anal retentive. They would be all over it if it were a hoax. I'm just surprised at how fast they are.

Internet journalism scares me sometimes. o_0

[chickadilly.livejournal.com]

You're the thrid person (in as many posts) to post about it on my flist.

It's ... pretty shocking. I mean he did some crazy stuff but I never thought this would happen. I feel bad for his family. I guess he has some small kids - so sad. :(

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

I'm sad to see him go. But you know, he died doing something he loved -- making a nature documentary. IMO that's more fitting than him being run over by a car or choking on a hamburger.

[nerdork.livejournal.com]

WHOA

I HAVE NO WORDS

[alissomora.livejournal.com]

Yep, it's true. We've just heard here -- he died about 4 hours ago in Port Douglas. It's all over our news :( I didn't like him personally, but I'm still shocked to hear it.

[quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com]

He's rather a legend here, but I really feel awful for his wife and kids. It's too bad.