Steve Irwin, Dead at age 44

Mr. Irwin died early Monday morning off the coast of Australia. He was stung by a stingray barb.

He leaves behind a wife and one child.

I remember Steve Irwin quite well from my youth, around that time he was quite popular with his TV shows. He influenced a generation with his up close and personal antics with wild animals, especially crokidiles and such.

I would never watch all his shows when I was little, for fear that I would one day see a man getting eaten.

His story ended a little differently then I had once imagined, however he died doing what he loved, quite literally.