Soulgrind\'s mentor is dead

[nO-One]

He was probly trying to jam his thumb up the stingrays butthole.

But said death non the less, liked the guy.

[Kurt Angle]

Sad news but this had to catch up with him eventually.

He was entertaining, and a father and husband. So this is kind of a bummer.

seems that he was struck in the heart directly. talk about bad luck for a guy who has beat the odds for decades.

[Bobs_Hardware]

Some of you act like he\'s done nothing but be cruel to wildlife, when in actual fact he has spent his whole life trying to save the flaura amnd fauna of Australia, and likely elsewhere in the world.

He was a good man. And he\'ll be missed.

LIC, being the sarcastic prick hasn\'t been funny since jumpman stopped trying

He was a good man. And he\'ll be missed.

I agree.  One of the very few TV personalities that didn\'t let the fame and money get to him.  Very genuine guy that was passionate about something other than himself.

Some of you act like he\'s done nothing but be cruel to wildlife, when in actual fact he has spent his whole life trying to save the flaura amnd fauna of Australia, and likely elsewhere in the world.

He was a good man. And he\'ll be missed.

I agree also.

I usually dont realy care when I hear about someone I don\'t know dying. But I felt bad about this.

He seemed like a pretty happy-go-lucky guy.

[Living-In-Clip]

LIC, being the sarcastic prick hasn\'t been funny since jumpman stopped trying

I don\'t give a fuck what you think, personally.

Some of you act like he\'s done nothing but be cruel to wildlife, when in actual fact he has spent his whole life trying to save the flaura amnd fauna of Australia, and likely elsewhere in the world.

He was a good man. And he\'ll be missed.

You can help teh widllife without annoying it. He played the odds for ages and got what was coming to him. That\'s just my personal opinion.

[Evi]

I agree. One of the very few TV personalities that didn\'t let the fame and money get to him. Very genuine guy that was passionate about something other than himself.

Yeah, that\'s true. Crikey... Croc poo! LOL.

I don\'t give a fuck what you think, personally.

You don\'t give a fuck what anybody thinks and the feeling is mutual.

You can help teh widllife without annoying it. He played the odds for ages and got what was coming to him. That\'s just my personal opinion.

How did he get what was coming to him? He dealt with crocodiles a lot. Crocodiles aren\'t exactly passive creatures. Of course they\'re going to be "annoyed". And he dealt with a lot of different animals and he didn\'t "annoy" them. You\'ve apparently never watched his show. He\'s done some great things for animals and he\'s done things that nobody else would have the balls to do in order to help the creatures that he loved.

I still don\'t agree with him dangling his baby in front of a crocodile, however. That was ridiculous.

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

don\'t even know why people bother reading LICs replies, the guy has a pole up his ass. what else is new?

I\'d bet the dumbass was harrassing them, like he did with every other animal. \'Bout time something done him in.,

lic is just mad at the world, that teen angst must have never left.

[CHIZZY]

it should have been jeff corwin. At least Irwin was good comedy fodder.

RIP, you insane bastard.

[Bobs_Hardware]

You can help teh widllife without annoying it. He played the odds for ages and got what was coming to him. That\'s just my personal opinion.

Well your opinion is spurious at best. You\'re looking at what he has done through jaundiced eyes. Surely you haven\'t become too much of a mysanthrope to see how much utter and genuine good the man has done.

I mean seriously.. you\'re worried about animals being annoyed? Particularly considering the vast amount of times he has wrestled with crocodiles, or captured any other number of beasts was to promote knowledge of said beasties. Or for it\'s immediate health and safety concerns. I\'ve been to his zoo several times, and they never just wrestle an animal for a bit o\' fun. Personally, I\'d much rather be annoyed slightly, then die as a direct result of having broken legs from boat motors and the like.

His passion and love for animals was infectious, particularly to children, and he was genuinly entertaining, as well as informative about important issues. The amount of contributions he has made personally to conservationism, which were vast, surely pales in comparison to his indirect contributions.

This post is by no means a personal attack on you. I just think your opinion of the man is ill-conceived. But you\'re welcome to have it.

I still don\'t agree with him dangling his baby in front of a crocodile, however. That was ridiculous.

He probably could have done it far more tastefully. Nothing against the man, but I do think he was a bit simple in some respects. Naive would be a better word.  He decided to do something that seemed very pertinent and necessary for his family in a public forum, which was a mistake. The dangling was just plain inappropriate and too Michael Jackon-esque.

And yes, after all is said and done. He did have it coming to him. You can only defy death so many times before it catches up with you. Even with such a placid creature as a stingray. Supposedly, they have video footage available (but aren\'t releasing it for obvious reasons) and it was an unprovoked attack. He was merely filming it from above, the stringray turned around and flicked it\'s tail upwards. Steve removed the barb himself and was taken to shore. He was dead by the time the ambulance arrived. On of only 3 other men in Australian history to be taken down by a \'ray.