Crikey, This One’s a Shocker
Well, it seems as though everyone with a heart and soul seems to be talking about this one. By now, you all know that Steve Irwin, the famous Crocodile Hunter, was killed this past Monday by a stingray. Amazing, considering that sting rays are a relatively peaceful species. My girlfriend, Lauren, and I are both equally saddened not just by this news but by the news of his two children now left without a father. And to think he was trying to help his daughter make her own show as well. It’s sad.
Well, to add more of a family element to the tragedy, here’s what Steve’s father had to say:
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Steve Irwin's father said on Wednesday he lost his best mate when the TV naturalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter" died in a freak diving accident, adding that his son would hate the fuss of a state funeral.
In the first public comments by Irwin's family since his death on Monday while diving off Australia's northeast coast, Bob Irwin thanked his son's many fans from Australia and around the world for their messages of condolence.
"Steve and I weren't like father and son, we never were," Bob Irwin told reporters outside Australia Zoo, the animal park in tropical Queensland state known to his son's millions of viewers around the world.
"We were good mates. I'll remember Steve as my best mate ever," he said.
Steve and his dad were not like father and son, but like mates. When I have kids, I pray that I will be thought of as a father.
Irwin, 44, died after the serrated barb of a stingray's tail pierced his heart.
He had flirted with death many times on his "Crocodile Hunter" documentaries, seen by 200 million people, wrestling with some of the world's most dangerous creatures.
"Both of us over the years have had some very close shaves," Bob Irwin said outside the zoo his son took over from him.
"We made jokes of it. That's not to say that we were careless but we treated it like it was just part of the job," he said.
Sadly, you can only toy with death until it actually kills you. You know what else though? I remember years ago when the TV show “Crocodile Hunter” was at the top of it’s game. Countless Internet parodies were made of it ranging from hilarious to detestable. But through it all, I can’t remember a single one that was aimed to badmouth Steve. Far as I know, he was well liked by many around the world. And like so many great kids show hosts of the past, Mr. Rogers, Buffalo Bob, just to name a few, he will be remembered.
Well, to add more of a family element to the tragedy, here’s what Steve’s father had to say:
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Steve Irwin's father said on Wednesday he lost his best mate when the TV naturalist known as the "Crocodile Hunter" died in a freak diving accident, adding that his son would hate the fuss of a state funeral.
In the first public comments by Irwin's family since his death on Monday while diving off Australia's northeast coast, Bob Irwin thanked his son's many fans from Australia and around the world for their messages of condolence.
"Steve and I weren't like father and son, we never were," Bob Irwin told reporters outside Australia Zoo, the animal park in tropical Queensland state known to his son's millions of viewers around the world.
"We were good mates. I'll remember Steve as my best mate ever," he said.
Steve and his dad were not like father and son, but like mates. When I have kids, I pray that I will be thought of as a father.
Irwin, 44, died after the serrated barb of a stingray's tail pierced his heart.
He had flirted with death many times on his "Crocodile Hunter" documentaries, seen by 200 million people, wrestling with some of the world's most dangerous creatures.
"Both of us over the years have had some very close shaves," Bob Irwin said outside the zoo his son took over from him.
"We made jokes of it. That's not to say that we were careless but we treated it like it was just part of the job," he said.
Sadly, you can only toy with death until it actually kills you. You know what else though? I remember years ago when the TV show “Crocodile Hunter” was at the top of it’s game. Countless Internet parodies were made of it ranging from hilarious to detestable. But through it all, I can’t remember a single one that was aimed to badmouth Steve. Far as I know, he was well liked by many around the world. And like so many great kids show hosts of the past, Mr. Rogers, Buffalo Bob, just to name a few, he will be remembered.
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