OMG, Steve Irwin...

[Laura_A]

... you know, The Crocodile Hunter? He was killed this morning by a Sting Ray. I am in total shock, I love that guy... and his poor wife and children! It's just so sad...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14663786/

[Valgal]

OMG Laura, I'm up in the middle of the night and just read that too. I almost want to go wake John up and tell him because I'm SO sad. We've been fans for such a long time... I'm heartbroken for his wife and kids. Oh God, too sad. :(

[Angela]

OMG.

Andrew and I always used to joke about how crazy he is, but that he seemed to really know and love what he was doing. Wow...I'm just heartbroken.:broken_he

[lindse]

Yeah I heard that too! This is SOOOO unbelievable sad and what a way to go :/
I immediatly thought of his wife and kids - I hope they will get all the help they need!

[windgefluester]

ohmg.... I liked it also.... in thoughts I am at its family

[ChristineS]

i just saw it on the news -- tragic.

[Libby Weifenbach]

What a tragedy! I'm so sad for his family. We've been huge fans for a long time, and like others, we often laugh at how crazy he was. Still, this comes as such a surprise.

[StaceyD]

I'm in shock! How sad. :cry_smile

[novita]

I'm tearing thinking of his family..so sad..

[sinead]

I know--DH told me this morning and we were shocked. Nature and animals have lost a dear friend. :(

[KirstyB]

Wow...we will be a sad family today...Sean idolizes Steve and wants to be just like him. Thinking of his family and saying prayers.

[meganmecrazy]

I already saw this and am so upset about it. :( I feel so bad for his wife and kids. What a tragedy.

[~ashleigh]

wow, what a tragedy. And with all the dangerous things he did, to be killed by a stingray. too sad.

[Cynnder]

another bawling woman here...what a great icon he was for wildlife, and the earth as a natural place....im so saddened... His poor family..

[d2vasquez]

Was schocked when I heard this last night.....love him and love how he made the girls interested in nature.....such a shame....my heart goes out to his family....

[Rynonut Mom]

I heard it last night too.

Matthew has been watching Safari Wiggles with steve in it alot lately. So, so very sad. Bindy is what, 8 or 9, or younger? and his son can't be more than 2 or 3.

[JennStar]

We are so sad to hear about that, too. My hubby just got a phone call from our cousin about it. :(

[Laura_A]

Yeah Michelle, his little girl is 8 and his son is 3. Oh jeeze, I still can't wrap my mind around this one. Jaime and I were talking about him this morning and Riley said, "I know who you're talking about... Steve Irwin". I couldn't bring myself to tell her what happened... I just knew she'd cry.

[nbeaudreau]

So shocking! I haven't turned on the TV or the computer today until 10 mins ago. My heart goes out to his family.

[Vania16]

That is so sad - what a terrible loss for his family and for the rest of us too.

[Nonnie917]

I just got up and read it on the internet. OMG. I was so shocked. DH and I liked watching him because he was crazy, but he always talked to the animals like they were children. What a loss these animals have suffered. I also thought of his wife and kids first thing. Wondering how they were going to handle this. Poor things. Prayer is all I can do for them.

[Rischa]

Such upsetting news. My son is pretty upset about it. The Croc Hunter was his hero and the reason he wants to be a herpetologist when he grows up. He will be dearly missed in our home, as well as the whole world. My thoughts and prayers are with all that loved him.

[noralong]

I had been seeing photos of him on my news page, but didn't pay any attention because, well... he was always doing something crazy (and scarey IMO). This is shocking news!

[LelaFleet]

How horrible, I feel so horrible for hisr wife and kids. Very sad!

[Rynonut Mom]

I saw on the news this morning that his wife and kids were somewhere on vacation and they showed them getting on an airplane to go home. I can't imagine being somewhere else and have that happen to my hubby. I know it happens that way all the time for some people. But ugh...

I thought I was somewhat close in their ages...

[SarahJ]

I am so upset about this, Bean got Safari Wiggles last week (with Steve Irwin) and we all just love him in it. It's so sad to watch it now, it has his wife and little girl in it too. I still can't believe he's gone :(

[sinead]

DH takes Maggie to the zoo each week for their Daddy Date, and whenever they go into the Reptile House (which is EVERY time and often they do several rounds of it), she sings "Crocodile Hunter" (from Wiggly Safari) except she changes the words to "Crocodile Monitor"...that song has been in my head all morning. :(

[Candiflip]

Such sad news :( His poor family. I used to love watching him on TV.

[InLoveWithDOTS]

... you know, The Crocodile Hunter? He was killed this morning by a Sting Ray. I am in total shock, I love that guy... and his poor wife and children! It's just so sad...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14663786/
I was in shock when we heard that on the new this morning. Honestly, I shouldnt find it shocking considering his life choices, but yet I sat there with my mouth open when I heard the news. :( So sad!

[Edhish]

oh yes this is so sad :(
I'm such a fan of him and his wife.. poor his children

[MarshaZepeda]

:( I saw that this morning when I turned on my comp... :( Sooooo sad!

[tamra]

This was the first thing I heard when I woke up yesterday morning. I was/ am very sad too. Steve was such a nice and fun guy - we all loved The Crocodile Hunter here at my house.

[~Jeannie~]

I was very saddened by this tragic news.

Not so very long ago, a friend of mine whose son is autistic and constantly watches Steve Irwin's show; wrote a personal letter to him. In the letter he told Mr. Irwin how much he meant to him. Her son told Mr. Irwin, in his letter, of his own personal contributions to wildlife causes by volunteering at a local wildlife sanctuary amongst other things he had done and tries to do. We were shocked when after 3 weeks of mailing it, her son received a personally written letter (not your "stock letter" ) by Steve Irwin thanking her son for his letter and complimenting the son on his efforts here locally.

I have heard the Discovery Channel is naming something after him and also hosting a special this weekend in Steve Irwin's honor.

My prayers and positive thoughts are with his wife and family.

[ajoyfulheart]

I just found out about this from my kids...one of their classmates told them about it, and I had to Google right away to see if it was true...sadly, it is :( We just sat down to eat dinner and watch Crocodile Hunter when Abby mentioned it. This is so unbelievable!! Poor Terri and her kids...their daughter is 8 and their son is almost 3...that makes it even sadder :(

[zoepearn]

I can't believe that there is a thread about Steve Irwin on TDC.. I didn't realise how popular he was overseas, not just a local boy. It is such a tragedy, and it's weird cos you'd think he was invincible. But - I don't think he would have wanted to go out in any other way - he died doing what he loved. Very very sad though :(

[lauren grier]

It's absolutely devestating.. Connor loves his show & has learned so much from it. He will be surely missed.