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R.I.P STEVE.......A true Aussie legend....
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Posted: 2006-09-06 01:05:15
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steve irwin tribute
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Posted: 2006-09-06 02:40:52
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I've seen this report by CNN re: peeps who make a living 'filming' animals in the wild (or even in captivity) meeting their fates - deadly at that! There's this husband-wife team who frequents filming BEARS in the wild . . . were attcked and killed eventually. Then this DUO who makes LIVE shows in Las Vegas with their - Tigers, one of the hosts was attacked by a white-tiger in the neck . . . now OK, then there's . . . Irwin
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Posted: 2006-09-06 03:06:15
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he's my crocodile dundee.
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Posted: 2006-09-06 05:50:55
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Death footage 'may never be shown'
STEVE Irwin's close friend and manager says footage of the conservationist's last moments alive will never see the light of day.
Meanwhile, Irwin's widow Terri has used the two-way radio at the couple's Australia Zoo north of Brisbane, to thank its staff for their support.
Irwin, 44, was killed on Monday when he was struck in the chest by a stingray barb while swimming in far north Queensland.
He had been filming a new documentary and the camera was rolling when the tragedy happened.
John Stainton, Irwin's close friend and manager today called for the tape to be destroyed.
"I would never want that tape shown," Mr Stainton told CNN talk show host Larry King.
"At the moment it is in police custody for evidence. There's a coroner's inquest taking place at the moment.
"When that is finally released it will never see the light of day. Never. Ever.
"I actually saw it and I don't want to see it again."
Mr Stainton has said the footage, which shows Irwin pulling the barb out of his chest before dying, was "terrible".
While Mr Stainton wants the footage kept under wraps, media experts say it may soon be circulating on the internet.
"The key point is once there's something on film, it's impossible to keep it contained," said Paul Levinson, chairman of Fordham University's Department of Communication and Media Studies, said.
Mr Stainton, who broke down several times during the CNN interview, said Terri Irwin was struggling with her husband's death.
When King asked a teary Stainton how Terri was doing, Mr Stainton replied: "A lot worse than me".
Mr Stainton told how he travelled with Irwin's body in a casket on a seaplane from Cairns to Irwin's family on Queensland's Sunshine Coast yesterday.
"I travelled on the plane with him for six hours, just him and I. For five hours I couldn't stop crying. It was devastating."
When Irwin's family saw the casket, it brought a sense of reality that the larger than life Irwin had died, he said.
"The fact that we finally got him home and the family saw the casket last night, it was like a full stop," Mr Stainton said.
"Until you actually see that you can't imagine it.
"You think it's a dream and it's not happening. But it is and it has and it's done."
Mr Stainton said the family was still too distressed to decide when Irwin's funeral would take place.
Terri Irwin made a brief statement last night, thanking the staff of Australia Zoo by two-way radio for their support.
Australia Zoo spokesman Michael Hornby said staff were touched by the broadcast.
"Very briefly last night she made a call on the two-way radio to all staff to say thanks very much for all their support and that was really it," he said.
"Short and sweet but I guess again that's typical of Terri to even be thinking of others in her time of need."
Morning drizzle on the Sunshine Coast today did not stem the steady stream of visitors who have left messages of condolence and gifts at Australia Zoo, which has become a shrine to Irwin.
Terri Irwin and the couple's children, Bindi, eight, and Bob, two, were at the other end of the country - Tasmania, when Irwin was killed.
Just the day before, on Father's Day, Mrs Irwin managed to get a text message through to her husband - "The children send their love"
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Posted: 2006-09-06 13:05:00
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On 2006-09-06 13:05:00, whizkidd wrote:
Death footage 'may never be shown'
STEVE Irwin's close friend and manager says footage of the conservationist's last moments alive will never see the light of day.
Good!
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Posted: 2006-09-06 13:08:25
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Indeed! wouldnt ever want to see that..
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Posted: 2006-09-06 13:21:00
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I wouldn't want to see it my self but if i was given a link to it... You know curiosity is a terrible thing.
So they should distroy the tape.
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Posted: 2006-09-06 13:24:47
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if its on tape.. itl be on the net before too long...
fatreg
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Posted: 2006-09-06 13:27:45
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On 2006-09-06 13:21:00, whizkidd wrote:
Indeed! wouldnt ever want to see that..
correct its too hard !
i have never felt about a celeb passing away, but this time around i do. he deserved to live.
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Posted: 2006-09-06 13:34:35
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