Originally posted by Associated Press

BRISBANE, Australia - Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the Crocodile Hunter, was killed Monday by a stingray barb during a diving expedition, Australian media reported. He was 44.

The accident happened while Irwin was filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in northeastern Queensland state, Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site.

The paper and other Australian media reporting the death cited police or state government sources.

Telephone calls to Australia Zoo, Irwin's zoo in southern Queensland, were not immediately answered.

Originally posted by Lee!!

Omg i just read that on Yahoo ;_;
may he RIP
at least he died doing what he loved

Originally posted by .:Froggert:.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

OH GOD!

He kept f.ucking with animals!

Originally posted by .:Froggert:.

I laughed. I know. I am really bad but come on...he kept fuc.king with animals. This was bound to happen

Originally posted by Mr. FreeWave

I don't blame you. Well, not about the laughing but about thinking that it was bound to happen. No offense meant, but I always thought that it would be a croc that would have done him in, if anything.

I guess it's just how he died and how suddenly he died that really surprised me. It's still tragic that this happened, but death by a stingray barb...that's one i've never heard of before.

RIP Croc Hunter.

Originally posted by .:Froggert:.

I laughed. I know. I am really bad but come on...he kept fuc.king with animals. This was bound to happen

Originally posted by Mr. FreeWave

No offense meant, but I always thought that it would be a croc that would have done him in, if anything.