'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin Dead at 44
Steve Irwin, the man known around the world as the "Crocodile Hunter" died Monday, September 4, 2006 at the age of 44 in whats being described as a rare attack by a bull stingray. He was filming a segment for an upcoming TV documentary on the Great Barrier Reef off the resort town of Port Douglas in Australia. Mr. Irwin and his cameraman were following a bull stingray in shallow water when it went into a defensive mode and swung it's barb-spiked tail. It spiked Mr. Irwin in the chest, piercing his heart. Medical officials say his death was almost instantaneous.
"If something ever happens to me, people are gonna be like: 'We knew a croc would get him'," he once joked. His overblown antics and catchcries of "Crikey" and "Look at this little beauty" raised him to a celebrity cult figure equally adored and cringed at. Bizarrely for a man who was fearless when it came to poisonous snakes and deadly crocs, Irwin was petrified of parrots after being attacked by a macaw.
Funeral arrangements have yet to be announced but but Queensland State Premier Peter Beattie said Mr Irwin would be given a state funeral if his family approved. Link
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