How did he die?

Question

How did the crocodile hunter die?

Answer 1

Stingray got him in the heart.

Answer 2

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) --Colorful conservationist and television personality Steve Irwin, 44, was killed Monday by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary off the Great Barrier Reef.
The charismatic Animal Planet TV star, known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was shooting a segment for a series titled "Ocean's Deadliest" at Batt Reef off the coast of Australia's Queensland state when he swam too close to a stingray, according to media reports.
The Associated Press quoted John Stainton, a friend and colleague of Irwin's who was aboard Irwin's boat at the time, as saying Irwin came on top of the stingray and the animal's tail barb went up and into his chest and "put a hole in his heart."
According to reports, crew members called emergency services in Cairns and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby island to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later, Stainton said.
The stingray is one of the least dangerous creatures Irwin routinely came into contact with. Stingrays have a toxic barb on their tails. People can get stung when they step on or get too close to a stingray. While the injuries can be painful, they are rarely fatal.
Irwin, from Melbourne, Australia, was an enthusiastic showman catapulted to international celebrity when his television program "Crocodile Hunter" was picked up by the Discovery network in 1992. He also had his own feature film and developed the wildlife park that his parents opened, Australia Zoo, into a major tourist attraction. He wrestled and rescued crocodiles, tracked deadly snakes and traveled around the world to shoot segments for Discovery's Animal Plant channel.
"The world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet," Stainton told reporters in Cairns. "He died doing what he loved best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind. He would have said, 'Crocs Rule!'"
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said, "It's a huge loss to Australia. ... He was a wonderful character. He was a passionate environmentalist. He brought joy and entertainment and excitement to millions of people."
Irwin was often joined in his television episodes and films by his wife, Terri, who is from Eugene, Ore. The couple had two children, daughter Bindi Sue, 8, and son Bob, 2.

Answer 3

He died filming an underwater programme for telly, whilst doing so a stingray's barb pierced his heart, it killed him almost instantly, there were nothing they could do to save him, its sad isn't it, i liked the man, a bit hyper but a great man and will be a great loss to every one who loved him.

Answer 4

It was in the newspaper this morning. He was in the water doing filming and got stung by a Stingray under his ribcage - which punctured his heart.
Poor guy...only 44 years old!

Answer 5

He came over the top of a stingray and the stingray's barb went up and went into his chest and put a hole into his heart

Answer 6

The barb from a stingray punctured through his heart

Answer 7

He was stabbed in the heart by the barb from a stingray. Probably a quick death with only time to say... Crik............

He will be sorely missed.
Crikey!

Answer 8

Shortly after 11:00am local time on 4 September 2006, Irwin was fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while diving in Queensland's Batt Reef, which is part of the Great Barrier Reef. The events were caught on camera and the footage is now in the possession of Queensland Police.[24] Irwin was in the area filming his own documentary, to be called The Ocean's Deadliest, but weather had stalled filming. Irwin decided to take the opportunity to film some shallow water shots for a segment in the television program his daughter Bindi was hosting,[25] when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, his friend and colleague John Stainton said. "He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time.

After reviewing the footage of the incident and speaking to the cameraman who recorded it, marine documentary filmmaker and fisherman Ben Cropp speculated that the stingray "felt threatened because Steve was alongside and there was the cameraman ahead..."[24] In such a case, the animal responds by automatically flexing the serrated barb on its tail, which is up to 30 centimeters (roughly 12 inches) in length, upward. In this case, the motion struck Irwin's chest and pierced his heart.[24] Crewmembers aboard his boat called emergency services in the nearest city of Cairns and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later.[26]

The Queensland Police Service notified his family and released a statement for the media concerning his death.[27] News of his death prompted a public outpouring expressing shock and loss. Several Australian news websites went down because of high web traffic[28] and talk-back radio experienced a high volume of callers expressing their grief,[29] commemorating his passion and exuberance. Prime Minister John Howard, among many other politicians, expressed his "shock and distress" at the death, saying that "Australia has lost a wonderful and colourful son.”[30] Irwin's body was flown to a morgue in Cairns[31], where stunned family and friends were gathering on Monday night. His wife Terri was informed of her husband's death while on a walking tour in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania, and returned to the Sunshine Coast with their two children.[24]

Answer 9

he was swimming in a stingray area and came on top of a stingray and it stung him in the chest in the area of his heart with it's tail.

Answer 10

A stingray hit him in the chest with it's barb.