Steve Irwin, aka The Crocodile Hunter, has died.
Australian environmentalist and television personality Steve Irwin has died during a diving accident.
Mr Irwin, 44, was killed by a stingray barb to the chest while he was filming an underwater documentary in Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef.
Paramedics from the nearby city of Cairns rushed to treat him at the scene but were unable to save him.
Linkage:
Wikipedia:
Animal Planet’s Crododile Hunter page
Official Crocodile Hunter website (must be getting many hits and isn’t loading right now)
Sydney Morning Herald’s article