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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, September 04, 2006 - 4:58 pm
Statement at Australia Zoo site Media statement – 4 September 2006 Steve Irwin At 11am today, the 4th September 2006, Steve Irwin was fatally wounded by a stingray barb to his heart whilst filming a sequence on Batt Reef off Port Douglas for his daughter’s new TV series. Emergency services were called from Cairns Rescue Base and met Croc One, Steve’s rescue vessel at Low Isle on the Great Barrier Reef. The Croc One crew performed constant CPR during the thirty minute dash to Low Isle, but the medical staff pronounced Steve dead at approx. 12 noon. His producer and closest friend, John Stainton said on Croc One today, “The world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest Dads on the planet. He died doing what he loves best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind. Crocs Rule!” info@wildlifewarriors.org.au Phone: +61 7 5436 2026 www.australiazoo.com.au | www.crocodilehunter.com | www.wildlifewarriors.org.auwww.crocone.com.au | International Crocodile Rescue
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, September 04, 2006 - 5:04 pm
Larry King is rerunning a Steve Irwin interview tonight.
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Irishtxgrl
Member
12-07-2005
| Monday, September 04, 2006 - 5:05 pm
This just about broke my heart, he was such a great man!!!!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Monday, September 04, 2006 - 6:24 pm
So sad... he really was quite a peppy personality, and made his show fun. He will be missed. 
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, September 04, 2006 - 6:27 pm
My wife woke me up with the news this morning. I've been in a funk all day. I enjoyed watching Steve and even paid money to go see his movie in the theater. I feel so bad for his family.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, September 04, 2006 - 6:35 pm
I happened to be flipping channels and came across an old Crocodile Hunter show. It made me tear up just to see him.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, September 04, 2006 - 6:52 pm
Nick I've been in that same funk since I heard about it.. I read that one of the channels.. Discovery or AP will be running a tribute next week.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, September 04, 2006 - 6:54 pm
Animal Planet is running a tribute tonight. And on Sunday (9/10), the network will run an all-day marathon featuring Best of the Croc Hunter. (more details in press release link I posted above).
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Monday, September 04, 2006 - 7:13 pm
Hannity and Combs dedicated their whole show to Steve this evening. I didn't get to see all of it, only the last 30 mins or so...but they had some experts on there. One of the experts about Stingrays says that if it had hit him anywhere else...he would have lived as their poison won't kill a human...may make them uncomfortable, but not deadly. It was more the fact that it pierced his heart...like Fruitbat was saying. I know Seamonkey...I just wish I had as much passion and enthusiasm as The Crocodile Hunter had. I had also heard that his wife was out and they couldn't even get to her to let her know right away.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, September 04, 2006 - 9:56 pm
24 hours after first hearing about Steve Irwin's death, and its still so hard to believe. I know when I first saw mention of it on another board, I thought I might click on the link and see some sort of sick silly internet joke or something. Even when I clicked on the link they provided and read the story, I was loathe to believe it. So when I posted here, I went out and got my own links to the story first. Unfortunately it was all to terribly true.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 12:06 am
I'm still really sad over this. The Larry King rerun was so poignant in that he told of planning a facility in Vegas and that they would live here half the time so his children could know both parents' cultures and he was very much hoping to be a dual citizen of the US and Australia. I just think of people like Fidel Castro living forever and this guy leaving us at age 44, so full of life and energy and love for animals and such an advocate for them, too. I'm listening to his friend/manager breaking up and telling the interviewer that he cannot look at the film and he said he ws offended to even be asked.. there is a rumor that Steve pulled the barb out himself. His manager says that is rubbish. He says he went out on a really really high note, living life and loving it and very content.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 12:24 am
Yankee, thank you for posting the press release earlier for the tribute shows on tonight. We set here and watched and during a day of sadness it was nice to reflect on his enthusiasm, excitement, and passion for what he did and his life. My children have grown up watching his shows and it's with sadness we realized we've lost a great educator and someone so full of passion. It's a very sad day. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 12:31 am
I missed most of them but Tuesday night Larry King will be doing a tribute show and that is one of Larry's strong suits, tributes and of course he has interviewed Steve more than once. The interview they ran tonight was pretty wonderful
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 6:30 am
I'm still in a funk too. Watched Animal Planet's 2 shows last night that showed Steve and Terri meeting, their wedding, the births of their children, the Baby Bob incident, etc. What an incredible man. Regis & Kelly had a clip tribute this morning since Steve had been a frequent guest and even co-hosted once. Kelly and family went to the zoo and her oldest and Steve's Bindi were pen pals. I just read that his death was caught on tape and he did pull the barb out. Steve Irwin Steve Irwin's death caught on videotape Cairns (Australia), Sept 5. (AP): Dramatic videotape of 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin's last moments shows him pulling from his chest the poisonous stingray barb that killed him, officials said today, as tributes poured in for the beloved naturalist famed for getting dangerously close to deadly beasts. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances in the death of Irwin, who was stabbed in the chest yesterday while snorkeling with a stingray while filming a television programme on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and no evidence he provoked the animal. John Stainton, Irwin's manager who was among the television crew on the reef, said the fatal blow that struck the presenter and conservationist was caught on videotape, and described viewing the footage as having the "terrible" experience of watching a friend die. "It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest), and he pulled it out and the next minute he's gone," Stainton told reporters in Cairns, where Irwin's body was taken for an autopsy. The tape of the death of the man known by TV audiences worldwide for his infectious enthusiasm in the series "The Crocodile Hunter" was secured by Queensland state police as evidence for a coroner's inquiry, a standard procedure in high-profile deaths or those caused by other than natural causes.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 7:03 am
I really will miss his "Crikey". and that wild look in his eye. Such a great entertainer (although I was less than pleased with him about holding his holding his newborn so close to a croc) I am so sad about it too! I really liked him. He was so passionate about what he did, so enthusiastic and excited about everything. He was a life lover and I am so sorry he is gone.
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 7:48 am
I am still really sad about the passing of Steve Irwin. True, at least he died doing what he loved, but it's still such an incredible shock and such a loss. The animal world lost a true friend and ambassador.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 7:54 am
I'll miss hearing him say, 'Isn't she a little beauty!'.
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-22-2006
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 9:05 am
I was woken up this morning with a phone call from my daughter while she was on her way to college, she said, "Mom I forgot to tell you, Steve Irwin died." I was shocked, and wasn't sure I heard her right. She asked me if I knew who she was talking about and I was just quiet, because my mind was realing from the news. She said mom you know who I am talking about right? Crocodile Hunter Steve... I said yeah, then I asked her how it happened. I thought maybe a car accident or something, then she told me about the stringray. Afterwards I thanked her and I went straight to the tv looking for news. I am really exhausted from my trip, but since I heard about Steve, I am in a major funk and I haven't been able to stop crying. I am so shocked. It is another reminder there is no quaranties in life and that life is to short. Have to appreciate everything we have and everyone we have every moment of our lives, because in a blink of an eye, they are gone. My prayers go out to him and his family while they go through this.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 10:13 am
If any of you would like to send your condolences the address is: Australia Zoo Glass House Mountain Tourist Route Beerwah, Queensland Australia
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 10:24 am
I can't imagine what his family and friends and especially his wife & children are going through. Look how he has affected all of us! I can't remember the last time I've been so affected by a "celebrity" death. It is comforting to know I'm not alone in my feelings.
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 10:25 am
Regis & Kelly had a nice tribute montage to Steve today. Made me cry. 
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 10:36 am
People are also leaving notes and flowers at the Discovery/Animal Planet headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, apparently.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 11:04 am
Interesting.. the manager will be on Larry King I think, but when he was interviewed by CNN, he said he could NOT look at the tape and he got really angry when they repeated the story of Steve pulling out the stinger. He said the film had been taken by the authorities. But tonight should clear that up. Sorry I missed the Regis and Kelly tribute, too.
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-22-2006
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 11:47 am
Thank you OG, the last time I was so affected was when Princess Diana passed away.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 12:15 pm
Dolphin: Princess Diana died at the beginning of my junior year of high school. I remember that day because we were coming back from Bridgeport and we were listening to the radio and it came over the air waves. My boyfriend at the time (Ex from hell) pulled the car over so we could listen to the whole thing. I was so sad. This has shocked me the same way. Many have said "I am shocked he is gone, although I shouldn't be." As sad as I am, I am also surprised that something of this nature didn't happen sooner.
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