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    Australian Icon dies

    http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20349890-5005961,00.html


    "He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said. It is understood he was killed by a sting-ray barb* that went through his chest.

    He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary and that' is when it occured."

    (*poisonous)

    He will be remembered and missed greatly.
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  • #2
    What a shame.. he was always so entertaining, but with the chances he took I'm not surprised. Very weird the way it happened though.. I always figured some big croc would break his leg or something and then pounce on him.

    RIP

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    • #3
      Oh no.....

      I dunno how I'm going to tell Erik about this.

      Steve Erwin was one of his big heroes
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      • #4
        Just read his bio on IMDB.. under personal quotes it reads..

        "If something ever happens to me, people are gonna be like 'we knew a croc would get him!'"

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        • #5
          I really liked the man, may he rest is peace.

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          • #6
            you were hero to a lot of people. really an inspiration to so many.

            You are finaly home Steve, rest in peace.
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            • #7
              A very entertaining person. Thought he was nuts most of the time. Will be missed.
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              • #8
                If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

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                • #9
                  Will definitely be missed...he was a true friend of nature.
                  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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                  • #10
                    R.I.P Steve-O

                    "You little Beauty" will remain etched in my mind forever.
                    Paul ... Peterborough ..Uk

                    ....Ex- Perth ...WA .....

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                    • #11
                      Yeah, well I'm gonna build my own lunar space lander! With blackjack aaaaannd Hookers! Actually, forget the space lander, and the blackjack. Ahhhh forget the whole thing!

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                      • #12
                        Very sad.
                        He was a great guy and did the world a lot of good.
                        Oddly, we took a day trip to an aquarium in Tulsa yesterday where ChooChoo petted a stingray.
                        Chuck
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                        • #13
                          We have enough youth - What we need is a fountain of smart!


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                          • #14
                            Rest in peace brother.

                            I feel very sorry for his 2 kids and wife. Atleast he died doing what he loved.
                            Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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                            • #15
                              Very NASAesque end too.
                              He may have been a little over confident. The stingray is a dangerous animal, but it's behavior is slightly outside Erwin's considerable experience.
                              Very rare occurrence. 3 deaths in Australia and 17 world wide in the last 100 years from stingrays. It's hard to imagine a more exotic way to go.
                              Large stingray barb to the heart, very quick and very unsurvivable.


                              So we have exotic danger, confident but slightly outside skill set, mistakes unsurvivable.
                              Sounds sadly familiar.
                              Chuck
                               秋音的爸爸

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