R.I.P. Steve Irwin "The Croc Hunter"

[qos]

"Croc Hunter" Steve Irwin died a few hours ago from a stingray barb to the heart:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/04/australia.irwin/index.html

When my daughter, a wildlife lover, was very young, I wouldn't let her watch "Croc Hunter" because I felt he was a poor role model for kids. When she got older, and we could discuss why she shouldn't approach dangerous animals the way he did, I let her watch. At first he drove me crazy, but he grew on me over the years. His hyper-enthusiasm was often laughable, but the more I watched, the more his passion seemed genuine.

He will be missed.

I am not looking forward to having to tell my daughter about this in the morning.

Comments

[a-belletrist.livejournal.com]

I had the same initial reaction to Steve Irwin ... and he grew on me. I'm also not looking forward to telling my children that he's gone.

[blessed-harlot.livejournal.com]

How did it go, telling her?

[qos.livejournal.com]

She didn't say much -- but then, that's been her response to all the deaths she's had to deal with so far. She was sad, but it didn't seem to hit her hard. But the same can be said of her uncle's death a few years ago, and the murder of her school librarian this past summer.

She doesn't want to talk about them, and I don't press her.

[professor-mom.livejournal.com]

How did the librarian get murdered? I have to admit there was a time or two when I was a bit fearful working in the library. Was it an angry library patron?

[qos.livejournal.com]

She and her grown daughter were shot when they were hiking. Their bodies were found at a trailhead. No details have been released by the police due to the ongoing investigation. It's possible they walked into a drug deal or something like that, but at this time, no one knows the reason.