Tuesday, September 05, 2006
9/05/2006 09:19:00 AM Y
Post title : His Death
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[x]: Death Of Steve Irwin :[x]
Well, a lil intro bout him for those who've no idea who he was.
Steve Irwin was the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the "Crocodile Hunter,". Have you peeps watched any of his show before? Yeah.. he's indeed a brave man. ^.^
Irwin was famous for his enthusiasm for wildlife and his catchword "Crikey!" in his television program "Crocodile Hunter." First broadcast in Australia in 1992, the program was picked up by the Discovery network, catapulting Irwin to international celebrity.
He rode his image into a feature film, 2002's "The Crocodile Hunters: Collision Course" and developed the wildlife park that his parents opened, Australia Zoo, into a major tourist attraction.
I've seen his show before. It's really interesting and oh my.. I bet no one dares to do the things he do.
He was a passionate environmentalist who had brought joy and entertainment and excitement to millions of people! including me! =D Seriously, he's one whom I admire! hees..
The folowing is a short report on the recent news of his death:
(CNN) -- Steve Irwin, the Australian naturalist and wildlife crusader who won fame for his popular TV show "The Crocodile Hunter," died Monday after a stingray barb went into his chest, while filming off Australia's northeast coast, authorities said.
Irwin was filming an underwater documentary at Batt Reef in the Great Barrier Reef off Port Douglas in Queensland state, Queensland state police said.
The stingray barb pierced his chest, hospital sources said. News reports say he went into cardiac arrest after he was stung. His body was flown to the city of Cairns.
Irwin, 44, was director of the Australian Zoo in Queensland. He is survived by his American-born wife, Terri, and their two children, Bindi Sue, 8, and Robert (Bob), 3.
Terri Irwin was told of her husband's death while on a walking tour in Tasmania, and returned Monday night to the Sunshine Coast with the children. (Posted 4:22 a.m.)
As told by Irwin's friend and colleague John Stainton, the world has truly lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet. He seemed so invinvcible and incredible.
Who on earth would dare to go near crocodiles or any other wildlife animals like he did? None I could say.
made a trademark of hovering dangerously close to untethered crocodiles and leaping on their backs, spoke in rapid-fire bursts with a thick Australian accent and was almost never seen without his uniform of khaki shorts and shirt and heavy boots. =)
I was really shocked to hear and read bout this news. I mean.. he was such a passionate guy who did what he loved to do. And just like what people said, he died while doing something of his liking. He died and left this amazing world in a happy and peaceful state of mind.
I believed he'd created his very own story and many shall remember his name. There'll never be a second Steve Irwin like him. =(
Let's pray for him..
