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Steve Irwin has died

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humpydumpy · 04/09/2006 06:15

Just heard on the news that Steve Irwin "The Crocodile Hunter" has died in a diving accident. He was stung through the heart by a stingray.

His poor family.

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DumbledoresGirl · 04/09/2006 17:28

Is it OK to condemn somene when they are alive then? Or when they are buried? Just trying to work out the timescale here.

coderoo · 04/09/2006 17:28

haha at learn to spell

you MUSt be new

morningpaper · 04/09/2006 17:30

I'm gutted! I loved Steve Irwin. What a nightmare that this was really a freak accident at the end of the day.

MoreTeaAnyone · 04/09/2006 17:31

It's just awful. I can't believe it. So tragic. I loved his shows he was so enthusiastic and passionate about his work. Very, very

Californifrau · 04/09/2006 17:31

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coderoo · 04/09/2006 17:31

arf
i really dont hink hed have wanted to be stung.

Californifrau · 04/09/2006 17:34

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 04/09/2006 17:35

arf
i really dont hink hed have wanted to be stung.

Well they say it wasn't the sting that killed him - rather the barb from the rays tail piercing his heart.....been likened to being stabbed in the heart

coderoo · 04/09/2006 17:36

( sorry brief snigger at cfs crapola post)

shhhh · 04/09/2006 17:38

I think why people are most shocked is not mostly because of how he died but for the fact that he died...after all who realises exactly how short life is....????

Thats what shocks us more.

Such a shame. I feel for his wife, kids and family left behind. Noone wants life to end . xx

Bomper · 04/09/2006 17:54

I think this is really sad, he seemed like a really nice bloke, and I am surprised at just how I am feeling about this. It has left me feeling quite numb.

SecondhandRose · 04/09/2006 18:07

Do you think its because he always seemed invincible and that nothing would ever get him? We are gutted here, a famous death hasn't been so upsetting since Di in this house.

NotAnOtter · 04/09/2006 18:13

its so sad

zephyrcat · 04/09/2006 18:24

I've been so about this all day today and it's gone over and over in my head all day - I even went back to watch news24 a couple of times to make sure I hadn't dreamt it We love him in our house and think he's (was) a brilliant man!
I've heard lots of people saying today things along the lines of "Live by the sword, die by the sword" which made me feel - you can't say that everyone who makes their passion into their life and their career. You can't say that every moto gp rider or F1 driver etc will die in a race.... I think his passion was brill and had a real soft spot for him. DD loves watching him on Croc files on Discovery kids. She was here when I watched the news but didn't really notice what was being said and then turned over to croc files

I still can't believe it and can't believe how it's made me feel today.... yet another reminder of how precious we all are and life is.

SherlockLGJ · 04/09/2006 18:31

at Devon Girl thinking she was on to something new about Cod's spelling, and at Cod's reply.

danceswithmonkeys · 04/09/2006 18:41

Ok, on the topic of cod's spelling. Is it:

a) that she is dyslexic
b) an affectation so we always know who is posting
c) cr*p typing

?????

VeniVidiVickiQV · 04/09/2006 18:49

Its pure laziness.

tortoise · 04/09/2006 18:58

zephyrcat Ive felt like you all day too.Ive been very sad and close to tears when i think of him what a great bloke he came across as.
Its been a really day for me.Hardest bit was telling the ds's.
Must be a huge loss for his family and to the Australia zoo.

kimi · 04/09/2006 18:59

Crossing the road is dangerous, so is driving, do you know how many people choke to death eating dinner every year or by falling down stairs?
People know smoking kills them, stuffing your face with junk food kills you but they still do it, and hands up all those who have cryed over posts on here when someone has lost a love one or miscarried, and be honest how many of us know each other in real life, so to say " get a grip" because someone finds this mans death upsetting is pathetic or to say well it was his own fault for doing the job he did is just being a nasty minded person.
A man has died, a 44 year old man, a man with a young family, a man who did some good in this world, and most sain people find this sad.
So everytime a young father is shipped back from a war zone in a box should we all go oh well it was his own fault for joining the army.
Some of you really need to take a reailty check.

Mercy · 04/09/2006 19:01

Dumbledoresgirl, I don't think you've been disrespectful or condemnatory.

As for Steve Irwin, I am/was indifferent to him but obviously feel for his widow and young children. The sudden, freakish nature of his death though is scary and maybe this has led to some of the emotional responses on this thread, which I can understand.

All I can say is that his death is a timely reminder that we are all part of nature and humans cannot control it, however hard we may try.

DumbledoresGirl · 04/09/2006 19:20

I really keep meaning to leave this thread alone, but there isn't anything else to grab my attention here at the moment.

Can I please point out that when I said "he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword" I wasn't suggesting that his death by an animal attack was inevitable, and neither was I suggesting that he deserved such a death. I just meant it was more likely to happen to him than to others.

In point of fact his death was not really caused by the behaviour in him which I found somewhat suspect (ie picking up snakes by the tail or wrestling with a crocodile) but by what Mercy describes rightly as a freakish accident. Anyway, I promise myself I won't say more on this subject now, except RIP Steve Irwin.

alexa1 · 04/09/2006 19:21

I liked Steve Irwin. He was a mad git but a lovable person. Poor bloke.

divamummy · 04/09/2006 19:22

agree with kimi
poor children and widow. rip. he has done good work and will be remembered

WideWebWitch · 04/09/2006 19:34

I think this is sad too. No, I didn't know him but actually, I do find it sad when someone leaves children fatherless.

Sobernow · 04/09/2006 19:34

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