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Robiben

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« on: 09-04-2006 01:23 »
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This is just....just....too sad...
 http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20349534-952,00.html

 
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THE Crocodile Man, Steve Irwin, is dead.

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's when it occured.

Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality this morning at Batt Reef off Port Douglas.
airbagfailure

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« Reply #1 on: 09-04-2006 01:27 »
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I'll always remember that i had just filled my car with petrol when i heard the news in the store about his death....

the first thing i thought was.

'wait. it's not april fools day'...

tis a sad day for australia..   :cry:
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« Reply #2 on: 09-04-2006 01:31 »
Not totally unexpected, but still sad.

As I have always said, he was one crazy man.
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« Reply #3 on: 09-04-2006 01:32 »
I'm still a little skeptical. He's 'died' several times.
Robiben

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« Reply #4 on: 09-04-2006 01:34 »
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I heard this on several different australian radio stations and from several different news websites. Its true...

Although i still hold out hope that this is some big conspiracy and when i wake up tomorrow it will all be ok.
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« Reply #5 on: 09-04-2006 01:37 »
RIP Steve, sad, but not surprising
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« Reply #6 on: 09-04-2006 01:37 »
I'm afriad it's a true story - it's been picked up by AP and Yahoo.
 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060904/ap_en_tv/obit_irwin

It's aways hard to accept death when somebody has been portayed as being 'bigger than life'.  In a lot of ways, Steve Irwin was bigger than life.
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« Reply #7 on: 09-04-2006 01:41 »
oh crap, i feel so bad for his wife...
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« Reply #8 on: 09-04-2006 01:41 »
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I don't know why, but i actually do care that he's dead. Its strange, i actually think i'll miss him. I just had to abstain from making a horrible tasteless joke making his death worse by comparison to a number of world tragedies and events. But i'm sure you can guess what i was getting at. EDIT: If not see Robi's post below.
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« Reply #9 on: 09-04-2006 01:45 »
This has got my insides in an uproar... I loved that man. And to think he was the father of an infant makes it even worse...
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« Reply #10 on: 09-04-2006 01:49 »
Sad. His poor children.  :( If you play with fire though... at least he died doing what he loved.
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« Reply #11 on: 09-04-2006 01:54 »
The girl at work ran in saying she heard it on the radio, and within one minute Robiben was texting me the news and one minute later my housemate phoned me too.. holy fuck shit.
I just told my dad too.

 :nono: Terrible.
rach_the_tall

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« Reply #12 on: 09-04-2006 01:54 »
I feel sorry for the children, too. As much as he irritated me, he didn't deserve to be stabbed to death by a stingray.
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« Reply #13 on: 09-04-2006 01:56 »
Crikey...
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« Reply #14 on: 09-04-2006 01:57 »
Damn.  Sad, but it had to happen eventually, I suppose...then again, Steve Irwin was the sort of guy whom you expected to die in his bed at age 94, surrounded by his family and friends, just so you could comment about the irony of it.

RIP, Croc Hunter.
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« Reply #15 on: 09-04-2006 01:58 »
Worse is that his wife was in a remote location in Tasmania at the time, and so the news was all over the internet before she even knew.
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« Reply #16 on: 09-04-2006 01:59 »
That pun is punishable by death. Ignore the fact that i used the same joke in the Test thread.
Robiben

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« Reply #17 on: 09-04-2006 02:01 »


Spacedal11

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« Reply #18 on: 09-04-2006 02:08 »
Crap. This is like when Don Knotts died. I still don't believe that one. Or Rodney Dangerfield. I don't believe this at all. No way no how. It's creepy. Really creepy.
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« Reply #19 on: 09-04-2006 02:09 »
Heh, thats what i was thinking that before. But you just took it to the next level. Well done.
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« Reply #20 on: 09-04-2006 02:10 »
yeah... too sad.  Reminds me of some important advice my father gave me once though "Son, never try to have sex with a sting-ray."  To this day, I still try to live by those choice words.

Hope yer huntin' crocs up there in heaven Mr. Irwin.  :(
Zoidberg227

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« Reply #21 on: 09-04-2006 02:10 »
Wow... all kinda unbelievable.  The lack of sure confirmation sure doesn't help with the denial.  I've always liked the guy ... this is all kind of a shock ...
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« Reply #22 on: 09-04-2006 02:22 »
At a class in the SEU one of my friends mums texted him with the news. It is also true that it would've happened sooner or later, but still.  :(
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« Reply #23 on: 09-04-2006 02:34 »
My god.  It's not like I ever really watched his show, but this is horrible.

RIP
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« Reply #24 on: 09-04-2006 03:18 »
I surprise myself by actually being a little sad about this.
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« Reply #25 on: 09-04-2006 03:36 »
 
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Originally posted by chay's head:
That pun is punishable by death. Ignore the fact that i used the same joke in the Test thread.

woops, sorry. It was just waiting there....
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« Reply #26 on: 09-04-2006 03:37 »
I was really shocked when I came on line and saw a headline about this, he ws an entertaining guy who helped make nature and conservation interesting, especially to youngsters.
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« Reply #27 on: 09-04-2006 03:46 »
 
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Originally posted by SlackJawedMoron:
I surprise myself by actually being a little sad about this.

My feelings exactly. Everyone was making jokes about when he mearly fed his baby to a croc, and just in general how batshit insane he is. But i think its a real tragedy. Horrible way to go.
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« Reply #28 on: 09-04-2006 04:18 »
 
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Originally posted by SlackJawedMoron:
I surprise myself by actually being a little sad about this.

Same, for some strange reason. At least he died doing what he loved, but it really is no way to go, being stabbed by a stingray
  :(
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« Reply #29 on: 09-04-2006 04:23 »
I found out about this about 3 hours ago, and am still feeling terrible, if not worse. As an Australian, I feel like I'm missing something on the inside, y'know? Plus I have my friend who idolizes him ten times more than I do, and it's her birthday. I mean... Oh he wasn't 'stabbed'by the stingray. it hit him in the chest and he was spurred with poison.

Still a sad death. If only it had been by age or a croc :'(
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« Reply #30 on: 09-04-2006 04:43 »
I always set on that guy being immortal, it turns out somewhere along the way he wasn't  :(
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« Reply #31 on: 09-04-2006 04:43 »
It sure is a loss, not only for his family, but also for his cause. Of course he came always across as some sort of lunatic in his shows, but you have to admit, that despite the fact that he may have reinforced some stereotypes about Australians with his behavior, he did succeed in raising awareness for wildlife preservation. To me he was a very dedicated man and most likely very serious about his work. RIP Steve.


@winna: Damn you! I wanted to use the "he's huntin' crocodiles in heaven now".  :p
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« Reply #32 on: 09-04-2006 04:48 »
I agree with gocad entirely..

he was a bit of a nut... really, but he was just part of australia.. he really HAS saved lots of animals, and his conservation efforts are totally amazing..
poor guy, i'm still shocked... no fair..  :cry:
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« Reply #33 on: 09-04-2006 04:53 »
Quite a nasty shock, and, yeah, slightly unbelievable (as in "I still can't believe it etc" ).

While I rarely watched him, I still liked him and I was aware of just how present he was on TV and media - you do often think that big celebrities become immortal - so his passing will seem very strange for quite some time.

But I mean, Ellen DeGeneres was involved in a car crash on Friday - she escaped serious injury. But I mean, even the fact that she was in a car crash is slightly shocking - you don't expect celebrities to be involved in things like that, even though car crashes must kill hundreds of people across the world every day.
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« Reply #34 on: 09-04-2006 04:57 »
There goes the US's image of Australia.  :(
Demeter

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« Reply #35 on: 09-04-2006 05:01 »
It's kinda like if Jim Carey were to go. Oh god, you'd never hear from me again.
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« Reply #36 on: 09-04-2006 05:07 »
Mad as a box of frogs.

Legend.

RIP, mate!
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« Reply #37 on: 09-04-2006 08:25 »
I'm half-masting as we speak.
It's a shame he didn't die in a crocodile attack though. That would have been pretty funny.
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« Reply #38 on: 09-04-2006 09:45 »
I just woke up and heard about it.

I can't belive it. He was like the nicest, most cheerful guy ever.

*sigh* it's like when I heard the Douglas Adams died...
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« Reply #39 on: 09-04-2006 10:28 »
Ouch, he had a wife and kid(s?).

He so overtly jolly, like some kind of thin version of Father Christmas. It's a shame.
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