My family and i would watch his shows whenever they were on. Well this is a sad day for us all.

Steve you taught my family and I alot about wildlife we will miss you. Terri and family my thoughts and prayers for all.

My family and I are in shock that Steve is no longer with us.
We send our most sincere condolences to his family and friends. You are all in our prayers.

Barbara

I am so sad that he is gone, but at least he died doing something he loved. Yes, his work and passion was dangerous, but so are a lot of passions…i.e. race car driving, etc.

Sting rays are not dangerous. They do not attack, they just defend themselves. This was such a freak accident. Likely it will not happen again for a very long time. When we were in Grand Cayman last year, we went swimming with the stingrays…I even got a kiss (eeeww!) from one. We even had a stingray exhibit (where you could touch the stingrays) at our local zoo. He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

His wife seems like such a strong person, I know she will get through this OK. God Bless the Irwin family.

Though never a fan, I knew Steve was a legend. He will, in his own right, go down in history whether he likes it or not. A true blue Aussie, I do believe he will live on not only in his children, but in the hundreds of staff at Australia Zoo.

Its very sad…he was like a superhero to all young and old…I am super duper sadden by this…I’m sure the World will always honor this TRUE legend of the Wild!!

I pity the children…bindi and bob…so young to lose a Increadible father!Well i m a Singaporean…and 1 m sure all around Singapore…will be mourning for his death…

AND 1 more thing this guy call “Greer” can you please lay of Steve Irvin…he Love doing this alot…he is like a FATHER to ALL!! A wildlife father…

Such sad news about a truly good guy! Steve will be missed so much. His family is in my prayers.

i was soooo upset when i heard the news and i know lots of my friends were some of us acctully cried our hearts and thought go out to all his family and friends. hope they get through this difficult time and with help the great healer time the wounds will slowley heal but he will never be out of our hearts.
R.I.P
steveo ‘the crocdile hunter’

TEH, actually, Sting Rays are some of the most docile creatures. People swim with them all the time.. you can pet sting rays at Sea World. This was absolutely a freak occurance. The only reason the ray would have attacked was if it was agitated ahead of time, by a shark for instance. SO what probably happened was the shark had been bothering the ray (there was a shark in the water near the incident, wasn’t there?) and it was agitated, and so it lunged blindly and got Steve. There was no way to predict this.. its not like sting rays just go around attacking humans. They dont see humans as a food source, and so they would have no motivation for just randomly attacking a human.

All that aside, Steve’s passing was a terrible loss. I truly hope his family can find peace. The world will definately miss you, Steve.

Note from Danielle, CBB Publisher: I pet a stingray a few years ago, as did my niece who was around 6 at the time, at a special pool at the Four Seasons Hawaii.

I couldn’t believe what I heard when my cousin told me this morning.
Till I read it myself.

He was the greatest guy ever I absolutely loved his show and movie.
He always made people laugh on his show and in interviews.

I’m in a huge state of shock I never thought this is how he would be killed.

my deepest sympathies go out especially to his his family and friends.

Rest in peace steve we all love you.
Thank You for all the years you made me and my family laugh and for teaching us everything about animals.

Love Danielle and all the animals we love you.