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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
Sorry, but the title of this thread is amazingly insensitive. It isn't even true to the facts.
If Irwin was killed putting his head inside the mouth of a crocodile or something like that, I would say that was a stupid way to die. The guy got a little too close to a stingray while swimming above it and was stung. Happens all the time. His amazing misfortune was that the barb happened to penetrate his heart and killed him.
How many people said that Dale Earnhardt dying on the track was "Natural Selection at Work"?? What about Payne Stewart or JFK Jr. dying in an airplane?
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I agree with everything you said above. I don't think the guy had a big ego or was arrogant when it came to the creatures he studied, namely reptiles. I think he simply knew what he was doing when it came to reptiles and his showmanship came off as arrogant to the folks that are otherwise ignorant. But sharks were a different story. I recall Irwin on Jay leno a few months back where he talked about beginning to study sharks and such. He admitted then that he was not as knowledgeable about them but was excited to get in and learn. This was just a case of someone being in the wrong place at the wrong time - not blind arrogance. I was not one to watch his shows but he did seem like a likable guy the several times I saw him on Leno. I think it's just tragic.