It Was Probably How He Wanted To Go

For those of you who haven't heard, Steve Irwin passed away on Monday, September 4, while filming a documentary in the Great Barrier Reef. Irwin was 44 years old, married, and the father of a son (8) and a daughter (3). He was best known as "The Crocodile Hunter" and was beloved by thousands of people across the globe.

He died while scuba diving when he cruised too close to a stingray. According to witnesses, the stingray's barb went up into Steve Irwin's chest and punctured his heart, a freakish accident since most stingray attacks are non-lethal. Nonetheless, medical experts agree that death was probably instantaneous with little associated pain.

He will be missed. The world is a slightly darker place without that toothy grin and the absolute confidence that even the most dangerous animals in the world are "beauties."

Crikey.