Monday, September 04, 2006
i wake upmyspace pays its respect to steve irwin. everybody knew he'd not make it one of these times, we just expected it to be more when he was in his hundreds. that man was neigh infalliable.
He was 44.
He 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 Mr Irwin was killed around midday, Eastern Australian time.
Irwin leaves his wife Terri and young children Bob and and Bindi.
R.I.P. Steve Irwin AKA The Crocodile Hunter
and another:
R.I.P MATE.
2/22/1962-9/4/2006
News report-
BRISBANE, Australia - Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed Monday by a stingray during a diving expedition, police said. He was 44.
Irwin was filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland state when the accident occurred, Sydneys The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site.
The Australian Broadcasting Corp. said Irwin was diving near Low Isles Reef near the resort town of Port Douglas, about 1,260 miles north of the state capital of Brisbane.
he was a australian icon.
a husband.
a father.
a hero to his children.
yep.
farewell, beloved figure of our time. you were our generation's icon of a guy who actually did stuff and had a cool accent at the same time without going too far and running for political office.
peace out, homie.
and the day feels broken