Steve Irwin Crocodile Hunter dies

Reports: 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin killed

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed Monday by a stingray barb during a diving expedition, media reports said.

Irwin, 44, was filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queesland state when the accident occurred, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site.

The paper and other Australian media reporting the death cited police or state government sources.

Telephone calls to Australia Zoo, Irwin's zoo in southern Queensland, were not immediately answered. - AP

Very sad[msnsad]

[KarenScott]

I just read this and was very sad. Not that I know him although having watched him on tv you feel you know the sense of the man.
What a tragedy.
He leaves a wife and two young children - thoughts and prayers to them and all the rest of his family.

[kokomo]

He will be missed by all, he was a great entertainer.[msnsad]

[LiesaAnna]

just seen on the GMTV news,
how sad, he was a great man, horrid thing to wake up to, he will be greatly missed,
deepest condolences to his family xx[grouphug]

[pieman790]

Very Sad loss. We loved his TV program.

[solanasunshine]

Very sad news, he was our son's hero.
He will be sadly missed and our hearts go out to his wife and family.

[Paula D-S]

I am so sad to hear this. I thought Steve Irwin was mad but fantastic. He will be greatly missed.

[Lesley S]

Very sad news, saw it on GMTV and the BBC news

[becbecs]

We loved his programmes, once sore him swim with Alligators on TV in the Everglades.

Will be missed.

[Kazzie]

Tragic news, how very sad. He was a great entertainer. We were watching a repeat of one of his programmes yesterday. I feel so sorry for his poor family.[msncry]

Karen