Luke McIlveen wrote:The 44-year-old international TV star was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary when the incident happened.
Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality this morning at Batt Reef off Port Douglas. It is understood Irwin was killed around midday.
Irwin leaves his wife Terri and young children Bob and and Bindi.
His wife is understood to be trekking on Cradle Mountain in Tasmania and has yet to be told of her husband's death.
The blonde star of Crocodile Hunter, who made khaki shorts and boots his uniform all year round, was an Australian icon.
wait a sec...is it like those usual croc "cathers" . Like crancy , there a crock...now what we gonna do is sneak behind him. Zouwee he saw me..crancky nau thats a wiild crock. - these kind of guys? because im amazed they arent all dead yet, handling an animal that has reactions as fast as a fly is kinda stupid imo. Didnt mean to offend anyone because i respect and enjoy watching these shows but mostly i watch em because there comical.
EDIT: omg just clicked the link(didnt click it before because tought it was a video) and i saw he was THE crock hunter...so sad
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