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Ouch! That's a bad way to go...

Always had a feeling i'd read something like this one day. A lot of others probably did too. Remember that Fed Ex commercial.

I thought for sure this had to be some bad joke. That's too bad. After his last child I would have thought he would have backed off a bit.

I was actually shocked when I saw that headline at the yahoo home page. I almost teared up. I haven't read the whole article(s).

I've had some rather judgemental thoughts about how continuing to put himself in dangerous situations is something irresponsible for a father. But I'm banishing those judgemental thoughts, because they're not very nice and there can be no denying that Steve had a real zest for living.

It's just sad.

This is very sad. He was a modern day adventurer as well as teacher. How come Marlin Perkins got to live twice as long, or more, and Steve doesn't get to I feel so bad for his wife and children, and for everyone who was a fan.

Terribly sad thing to happen.

Considering all the poisonous animals that he has dealt with in his life, according to what I heard on the radio this morning he's only the third Australian to have died of the results of a stingray barb.
Normally it only makes you feel crap for a day or two.
The only place that it can actually kill you is the chest - I guess that it just attacks the heart.

My condolances to his family.

They did say the odds of this type of attack happening were slim. The stingray snapped its tail up while he was swimming along, and the barb pierced his heart. Not much that could be done about it, I suppose...

The Yahoo obit did goof on one point; they said that stingrays have a "poisonous bard" on their tails.

What he was doing was in no way dangerous. Done the same several times myself and cowards don't come no bigger. A barb piercing the heart? This was the equivalent of falling and hitting your head on a rock.

Very sad loss. Such a fun personality. Prayers for his young family.

i know this might sound cold but i kinda thought if and when this did happen it would be a crocadile that would do him in kinda like the Grizzly man.
(immitates Larry the Cable guy. *Oh dear lord forgive me and all the starving pygmys in new guinea*)

I can't take credit, saw this on another message board, but someone wrote they thought he'd die slipping in the shower.

That would have been more appropriate. Shame we don't get to write our own scripts.

You could say "at least he went out doing what he loved", but it would have been better to say "at least he went out peacefully at age 80 surrounded by loving friends and family".

RAY: To sting or not to sting? That is the qu--- Ah, the hell with it. Git R done!

STEVE: It's a beaut-- Aghhhh!

Sorry. Life (and death are) too important to take too seriously, in my book. You're all invited to do stand-up whenever I cack off.

It's very sad that he died as young as he did with two children who'll grow up never knowing their father.

On the other hand, he is someone who really lived out his dreams and had an incredible life. Many people who lived twice as long as he did aren't able to say the same thing.

Stolen directly from Scott Adams Dilbert Blog (http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/) :-

What? No Way!

I was shocked when I heard the news that the Crocodile Hunter died in a “freak stingray accident.” I had ten dollars bet on “misjudged the speed of a crocodile.” Something else else tells me that the media already had his obituary written with a fill-in-the-blank for the specific creature that killed him.

Readers of the Dilbert Blog know that I believe death is not a laughing matter, unless the guy who gets killed is in the process of bothering dangerous animals. And by “animals” I include all manner of aquatic, flying, stinging, clawing, bitey things. When someone gets killed doing that sort of thing, it’s a good lesson for the kids. I think it lends credibility when you tell them not to pet strange dogs that are foaming at the mouth. “Don’t pet that dog, Timmy. If you do, you might be killed by an entirely different animal that is not normally considered dangerous. Remember the Crocodile Hunter.”

I remind you that the Crocodile Hunter is the same guy who in 2004 famously fed wild crocodiles with one hand while holding his infant son in the other. Just be glad the Croc Hunter didn’t have triplets because you know he would have tried juggling them.

It seems weird to me that the stingray that got him is now the world’s most famous aquatic creature and doesn’t even know it. He’s probably floating around eating kelp or whatever-the-hell stingrays eat, oblivious to the fact that he’s as famous as O.J. I hope he gets a book deal because I’d like to hear his side of the story. I realize that stingrays have brains the size of a dried raisin, but that doesn’t stop athletes from writing books. All you need is a good co-author.

STINGRAY: “Well, I was minding my own business, eating kelp or whatever-the-hell I eat, when this guy jumps in the water and yells ‘Crikey!’ like a crazy seal. So I killed him and then hired a co-author who is both handsome and talented. You will find his contact information in the back of this well-written book.”

I was sick about it, but mostly because my seven year old son loved him. He already found out about it, I've got to talk to him about it tonight.

Soon there'll be none of us Aussies left...
The Age reports on Peter Brock\'s death