Got this from some news website

STEVE Irwin will be buried in private after his family declined offers of a state funeral, with his father Bob yesterday saying the international celebrity should be remembered as an ordinary bloke.


The laconic, slightly built retired reptile farmer was obviously grief-stricken but he faced the public because it was what his mate’’ Steve would have wanted.


Similarly, he declined offers by Prime Minister John Howard and Queensland Premier Peter Beattie for a state funeral.


He’s just an ordinary bloke and he wanted to be remembered as an ordinary bloke,’’ said the 66-year-old Mr Irwin, whose two-year-old grandson Bob was named after him.


As Queensland police yesterday locked footage of Irwin’s death by stingray in a safe, his manager John Stainton said the film was so harrowing it should be destroyed to prevent it ever being made public.


In an emotional interview on CNN’s Larry King Live, Mr Stainton said he had watched the tape of Irwin, 44, suffering the fatal stingray wound and vowed it will never see the light of day’’.


And legendary French ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau’s grandson Philippe, who was with Mr Irwin and Mr Stainton at the time of the tragedy, vowed to complete the marine documentary Irwin died making.


Irwin’s widow, Terri, is understood to have seen her husband’s body at the Caloundra funeral parlour where he was taken on Tuesday night, after a post mortem in Cairns confirmed he was killed by the barb of a stingray.


Yesterday, two four-wheeldrive vehicles — presumably carrying Irwin’s family — arrived with a two-car police escort at the parlour to make further arrangements.

 

Still hasnt really sunk in that he has gone and wont be making any more programs, every time i read something like this its a shock again.

 

well, they have stopped his programmes on animal planet, and i dont see why, because he would want them to carry on going?

 

Fuck knows, i cant see the logic in that, as far as i could see the guy enjoyed:
1) educating people
2) entertaining people
3) demystifying wild animals

Surely his programs still do that the same now as they did when he was alive, so i dont understand why they should be stopped from beign shown.

 

Yep.

Its a strange/worrying/immature? thing that ive never felt as much "grief" for any other celebrity's death

Even when Diana died i never really felt as bad as when i heard steve irwin was gone

 

i suppose in a way, every saw him as invincible because of all the previous things he has done, caught his first crocodile 33 years ago..... so you just think 'nooooooo not steve, he can never die from an animal' thats the way i sometimes think about it anyway, dont know about anybody else lol

 

that is a whole other thread, that will probably have you either side of the fence
personally, i couldn't stand teh bitch and can't understand why everyone thought she was like the second coming

steve was liked by everyone

as for stopping his programes on discovery, it's beause they are planning to do a marathon showing of all his shows in the near future, it will be steve irwin month or the like

 

Damm shame and seemed to be a real nice Family guy too

 

likewise..

 

I like many other ppl still cant believe he's dead.
Whenever i watched his programs it was always on the edge of my seat, shouting at the TV "Your off your face m8" He did some truely amazing stuff and the way the guy expressed his passion for the animals

Sky+ will be busy whens they start showing his programmes again

 

steve irwin tribute video which shows his dedication to teh animals

http://www.nothingtoxic.com/uploads/...20e1769e4d.wmv

 

I never want to see the video of his death. I hope it NEVER comes out like one of those downloads on the internet.

Who ever you were what ever your background what ever language, disability, or race you enjoyed his shows and learnt something. He was one of those people that would be cool to meet as he would be so down to earth. Those animals that he helped will miss him most but the animals prayers will surely lead him straight to heaven no questions asked.

 

agreed 100% there with you Zed