’tis very sad, I used to watch his show on occassion. Still in shock. 
Thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
He was killed in a freak accident in Cairns, police sources said today.
It is understood he was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest and reportedly into his heart .
He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary when the tragedy occured.
The Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) was called about 11am (AEST) and an emergency services helicopter was flown to the crew’s boat on Batt Reef, off the coast near Cairns, with a doctor and emergency services paramedic on board.
Irwin had a puncture wound to the left side of his chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Irwin’s body is being flown to Cairns.
One report today said his American-born wife Terri was trekking on Cradle Mountain in Tasmania and was yet to be told of her husband’s death.
The Irwins have two children - a daughter, Bindi Sue Irwin, eight, and a three-year-old son, Robert (Bob) Clarence Irwin.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20349888-2,00.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/09/04/1157222051494.html?from=top5
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14663786/
