--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Peter <drpetersutphen@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Man! Shot through the heart by an ocean going > > > string-ray barb. Ouch > > > > Only 44 years old. > > > > Commercialized self-caricature that he became > > in recent years, he was still turning folks on > > to wildlife and the wild environment. Not > > somebody we can afford to lose these days. > > > > But if Irwin had to die prematurely, I'd imagine > > being killed by a wild critter while he was > > filming a series called "Ocean's Deadliest" > > would be how he'd have preferred to go. > > My son and I came up with a parody some years back: > > He's in the bush and gets bit by a deadly snake. His repsonse: > > "Krikey that hurts. Unfortunately, the antivenon is back with > the truck which is several miles away and I'm going to die > within 10 minutes so..." > > The next scene, finds him in a hospital bed, saying "Krikey! > The truck was closer than I thought and we radioed ahead. > Fortunate that, eh?" > > I guess the truck was further away in this case...
According to the Australian press, he was barely conscious when they hauled him onto the raft, which was right nearby. He died on the way to the boat. Your parody reminded me of his TV commercial for FedEx, which was really funny at the time but is a little eerie to watch now: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Okp5FTKOB4 To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
