i know this has nothing to do with cycling, but i have to show respect to our australian icon steve Irwin...
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[font=Times New Roman]Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin dead[/font]
[font=Times New Roman]He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman]It is understood he was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman]He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary and that's when it occured. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman]Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality this morning at Batt Reef off Port Douglas. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman]His body is being flown to Cairns. [/font]
[font=Times New Roman]A Tourism Queensland spokeswoman today said the death was shocking and paid tribute to Irwin's "enormous contribution" to his adopted state.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman]Louise Yates said it was impossible to quantify how much Mr Irwin had meant to the Queensland tourism industry.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman]"I don't think we could even estimate how much he brought us through his personality and his profile and his enthusiasm about Queensland," she said.[/font]
[font=Times New Roman]With The Courier Mail and AAP[/font]