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[The Lamp]

I remember this photo popping up in a news feed a few weeks back...

Holy shit.

Damn. Steve Irwin loved crocodiles... but Stingrays always had a place in his heart.

Holy SHIT

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Damn. I thought it was longer ago. Such a fucked up event.

 

[Wind's Howling]

8 years?

I was 18 years old when it happened?

Wtf? How can time fly by so fast. I thought it was 3-4 years.

 

[Oblivion]

8 years? Really? Goddamn..

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnfn6rV4sL0

Man what a pro, seemed like a genuinely cool dude.

lol

he always made me smile. I actually miss him.

 

[Forceatowulf]

This is, to this very day, the hardest celebrity death I ever had to deal with.

 

[tokyostomp]

Did a video of the incident ever surface?

 

[Parexion]

It was a very sad day in Australia when he passed away.

 

[Leynos]

Cameraman has debunked this. He was stabbed multiple times, and there was nothing to remove.



Link.

Did a video of the incident ever surface?

The link above states that while the incident was recorded, the footage was given to his wife, and has not been released.

A damn shame that he passed away. At least a croc didn't do him in, and prove his naysayers correct.

 

[lexi]

I have no real affection for Steve Irwin, he was way bigger in America than Australia, but damn if I don't hate how people celebrated his death because they perceived him mistreating animals, etc. He was a huge conservationist and put a lot of money into preservation. He would be a leading voice on climate change if he was still around.

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Cameraman has debunked this. He was stabbed multiple times, and there was nothing to remove.



Link.

Ah man, this part:

I was saying to him things like 'think of your kids Steve, hang on, hang on, hang on', and he calmly looked up at me and said 'I'm dying' and that was the last thing he said.

='(

 

[Muskweeto]

Ah man, this part:



='(

That's really sad.

 

[hidys]

I have no real affection for Steve Irwin, he was way bigger in America than Australia, but damn if I don't hate how people celebrated his death because they perceived him mistreating animals, etc. He was a huge conservationist and put a lot of money into preservation. He would be a leading voice on climate change if he was still around.

Fucking aye.

There was a reason the sea shepherds named one of their boats after him.

 

[RiccochetJ]

I have no real affection for Steve Irwin, he was way bigger in America than Australia, but damn if I don't hate how people celebrated his death because they perceived him mistreating animals, etc. He was a huge conservationist and put a lot of money into preservation. He would be a leading voice on climate change if he was still around.

Wait, what? People celebrated him dying? Who? What? Where? When? and most of all, Why?

 

[Zoggy]

Wait, what? People celebrated him dying? Who? What? Where? When? and most of all, Why?

i know bill maher made a bunch of gloating jokes about it

 

[Carbonox]

One of my favourite guys ever. I cried when I heard the news.

 

[triplestation]

My hero

 

[panty]

I certainly don't hate stingrays. What a strange thing to say.

You go near a starving polar bear and then start hating it too?

E: Time sure flies, 8 years already...

 

[Kozak]

The day he died was the day my irrational fear of stingrays began.

 

[Hero_of_the_Day]

i know bill maher made a bunch of gloating jokes about it

Bill Maher is just a hateful ass, and also a comedian.

Did a video of the incident ever surface?

I believe the wife says she destroyed it. I'm sure there wasn't really that much to see as fast as it happened, and given the fact that I'm sure the cameraman stopped filming once he realized something was wrong. He said he just turned the camera back from watching the stingray swim away and suddenly Irwin was surrounded by bloody water.

 

[-NeoTB1-]

I'll never forget the day he died. For one, I was a huge fan. So naturally I was very upset when I heard of his death. Also, this was the same day that I started dating my wife. We were sitting in the DFW airport waiting for my plane to arrive when the news hit. Talk about a bittersweet day...

 

[The Purple Pill]

i watched his show on a daily basis back then.

he was an inspiration, and will be missed.

 

[Haloid1177]

Crushed me as a kid. Still probably my most missed celeb who has died since I've been alive.

 

[kamorra]

It still hurts.

 

[Badosh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnfn6rV4sL0

Man what a pro, seemed like a genuinely cool dude.

oh jeez, that was perfect.

Miss ya Steve.

 

[ParityBit]

That was 8 years ago?! Ugh, time flies.

He was such fun to watch.

 

[foxuzamaki]

I was a big fan of his and use to always watch his show, I was devasted when I found out he died, and I might be wrong but wasent it also just a few weeks after he had his first movie?

 

[everyday math]

Now I'm sad. I miss him.

 

[demon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnfn6rV4sL0

Man what a pro, seemed like a genuinely cool dude.

"I just got bit by a snake. Sorry about that."

 

[Hyunkel6]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnfn6rV4sL0

Man what a pro, seemed like a genuinely cool dude.

Wow, he was so young and he took the bite like it was an everyday occurrence for him.

I would have freaked the fuck out.

 

[Frustrated_me]

Already been eight years? Damn!

R.I.P Irwin.

 

[StayDead]

Steve Irwin got a new generation of people into nature and animals and for that we have a lot to thank hiim for. I know for me it was a mix of him and David Attenbrough that gave me such a sense of love for animals, I loved them since I was a kid, but they made me truely appreciate how amazing they are.

Can't believe it's been 8 years

 

[PhantomZone]

I was really shocked at the nature of his death, i knew he was big around the world but i didn't know he was THAT big. I felt the emotion of his passing through everyone else that was touched by it. Feel like a fool for not appreciating him while he was alive, but he was a gentle all round nice guy.

 

[Lucian Cat]

He's survived by his wife and daughter who have carried on his legacy of animal care, education, and conservation.

He has a son too...

Bob

Steve was awesome. I remember crying when I heard the news.