corradoboy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/5311298.stm


Condolences to his family, but it was only a matter of time the way he taunted dangerous wild animals

Iwan

He was my hero.

SwissTony

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do we know if he was taunting the sting ray though??

agree, he did have his crazy moments, aka the holding his baby in one arm whilst feeding crocodile episode, but sounds as though it was just a tragic accident. dived loads of times with sting rays and they are big buggers..always wary of them.

sad news regardless

Abdabz

Gutted - the crazy man has gone at the hands (well, tail) of mother nature...

Karl 227

Heard this on the way to work this morning, very sad news, I liked him

Duck_Pond

Just heard this on the radio. His wife is apparently out hiking, and doesn't yet know.

DCI Gene Hunt

Nice bloke, leaves young family behind.... very sad news..

G00ner

A tragedy, but at least he died doing what he loved best.

Fuzz

that's a bit of a ****ter.
Stingray peirced his heart





Andy

astraboy

innit, but the only bad thing about this is the fact that when you live that sort of lifestyle you dont usually die of old age.
shame though, I liked him.
astraboy.

OllyK

On expedition in Tasmania, apparently they have got hold of her now!

DCI Gene Hunt

Wonder if Rob Bredl (Barefoot Bushman) will 're-evaluate' his career choice after this?............

Miss Kinky

a sad loss...

although i imagine there's a few reptiles that will sleep a bit easier now...

P20SPD

iTrader: (1)

Sad loss of a great entertainer. My kids loved watching his programs.

SJ_Skyline

Great fun to watch, great loss

richiewong

Never seen such an enthusastic man, sad loss

Scoob99

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Such a sad Loss, what he did with Croc's Crikey, scared the life out of me, at least he died doing what he loved, Condolences to Terri and his 2 children
Cheers
Colin

RMA26

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/...ile_Hunter.php

I liked him

pimmo2000

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he was one of the only one to treat them carefully and without harming them, a real animal lover

gutted

pimmo2000

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Terri does not know

Lee247

Tragic, I really liked him. A superb entertainer

MY93WRX

She does now, the police took hours to find her as she was trekking. I couldn't believe the news at firsrt, but in some ways it isn't that surpising considering what he did and how he did it. He will be a big loss to conservation and the world of wild life documentries. R.I.P

ChefDude

he was an idiot.

anyone who dives regularly know to respect the sometimes deadly creatures.

I'll punt a tenner he was taunting it.

davegtt

wow, was watching Austin Stevens on friday and ended up chatting about Steve Irwin and how much of a great guy he is. Real shame. Least he wasnt eaten by a croc.... Sounds like a freakish accident though.

Dream Weaver

I doubt it, Steve Irwin stopped the Australian gov't plans to turn the Northern Territories into a "crocodile hunting for sport/rich people" zone, and also ran his reptile zoo that helped to look after them, he never actually killed any reptiles you know, despite being the "crocodile hunter"

A sad loss, and even more so that he leaves his 2 kids behind

Graz

PG

You should have your own wildlife show!

Gav

Such a shame

Never seen anyone with such enthusiasm and get so much joy out of what they do.

kart_man

Great loss. He did a HUGE amount for animal conservation. My son will be gutted!
I was at his zoo in Queensland last year, and saw him whizzing about on a moped with one of his kids on his lap. Nice guy with time for anyone.

alcazar

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Tragic, but at least he won't be able to put his kids in danger for a show any more.

If you believe my Australian relatives, his antics over there, especially with his kids, didn't endear him to as many folk as the media would have you believe.

Alcazar