Steve Irwin (1962-2006), the passionate conservationist who shot to international fame as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed today [9/4/2006]] in a freak accident while diving off the north Queensland coast.A great loss not only to Australia but to all the world!
In a bitter irony, the man who risked his life handling one of the world's most dangerous reptiles was mortally wounded by a stingray, a usually passive sea creature which attacks only if threatened. Irwin, 44, was stung [fatally] in the [left] chest by the stingray's barbed tail, which whips up in a reflex action. The accident happened while he was filming a TV documentary called Oceans' Deadliest at Batt Reef, near Port Douglas.
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