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Bizzy 
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 4:54pm |
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someone just posted on anotherr site i visit that steve irwin the croc hunter was killed in a freak accidnet. anyone know any more than this.very sad if true cause he had two kids as well as being an all round nice guy...
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kellverona
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 4:56pm |
yeh I was just talking to my cousin in oz and he just told me that. Killed by a stingray barb through his chest while filming in queensland for an underwater series. Very sad. 
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 5:03pm |
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yeah its on the news and internet! what a shock aye, his poor family but i guess something like that must have been on the cards on day.
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 5:04pm |
Yep, very sad. Leaves behind his wife, 9 year old daughter and 3 year old son. 
It's on all of the Australian news websites ( www.smh.com.au http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/ ) and a few NZ ones ) www.stuff.co.nz www.newstalkzb.co.nz ) and his wikipedia entry has already been updated. Apparently the accident was at midday QLD time - about 3 hours ago.
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 5:13pm |
i heard on studio 2... wow, what a shock. its really really sad, he was a great "bloke". how sad for his family.... his wife and kids awe....
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 5:20pm |
He was a bit crazy, but I liked him !
I can guarantee you this will lead the 6pm news tonight...
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 5:52pm |
B just came home and told me...it seems totally unreal...
Australia Zoo, Animal conservation, Queensland and most of all his family has suffered a huge loss...love him or hate him the guy was a legend. I personally was a big fan of his as crazy as he could be. He did amazing work.
I really feel sorry for Terri, Bhindi and Bob.
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 5:58pm |
 oh how sad!! Poor wee kiddies
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 6:03pm |
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I have seen the stuff he has done for the widlife in Australia and he has done an amazing job. Australia Zoo is an amazing place and one of the highlights when we took Andrew to Oz 2 years ago.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 7:09pm |
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His poor little kids, they're only young. Still I guess he went out the way he would have wanted to - doing what he loved.
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 7:47pm |
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 8:12pm |
Someone posted it on another forum I go to as well.. sooo sad Yeah he was a bit crazy but he enjoyed what he did and gave it his all! I've been to his zoo as well and it was great, got to see him giving a croc demonstration and I have a photo somewhere of him holding his baby (it must have been Bindy) up in the air in the croc pit.. will have to dig it out 
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 8:16pm |
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 8:31pm |
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 9:09pm |
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what i think sucks is that if you are a "normal person", the media cannot release the name of the deceaseduntil the family has been notified. it should be the same for celebrities - his poor wife. Can you imagine finding out that in the newspaper???? When i was sixteen I found out my bestfriend's sister had died through the paper (we were on holiday). it was horrible!
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 9:34pm |
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I was the opposite - i went to school one monday morning when i was form 1 and was wondering where my best friend was.. asked someone and they go "oh she's dead" being a form 1 kid.. i think "what a dick whatever!!" till i indeed find out that after school on the friday she had gone home and died of a sudden unexplained brain haemorrhage.
That so sucks about the croc hunter..
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 10:02pm |
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Very sad indeed... but geepers... NZ is going a bit mad about it aren't they? Bigger than Princess Di!!!
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Posted: 04 September 2006 at 10:20pm |
I don't know.. don't watch the news. I was more shocked when I found out about Princess Di I think.. sorry for sending you an email about him!
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Posted: 05 September 2006 at 7:27am |
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OK - Am I the only one that found him ANNOYING!!!???
Don't get me wrong, I am very sorry for his family and think no one should have to leave us that young BUT....
I mean aaaarggggghhhhh I couldn't stand the guy!! He always seemed to be "annoying" the animals to get a bigger reaction out of them or get them moving - I guess this time it lead to this!!
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Posted: 05 September 2006 at 9:25am |
I'm kinda with you Ana... watched a show once where he was playing with some scorpions, poking them with a stick then marvelling at how mad they were getting. "Ooo look, we've got a fiesty one here!" - That's because you are poking him with a stick!!!
He was cute with his kids tho. And yeah, so young. I'd absolutely hate to leave such young kidlets behind. 
And Kat - haha - that's ok. I'm used to getting Greenpeace campaigns forwarded to me by Zeke's Dad, so yours was nothing! 
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