20 yrs ago today: R.I.P., Steve Irwin, 04 Sep 2006

Hard to believe it’s been 20 years. Crikey!

I’m watching this documentary, a 60 Minutes Australia documentary segment (47 mins), and I’m only a few minutes in and it looks really good.

https://youtu.be/sRhJtsUH5VI

Rest In Peace, Steve Irwin (22 Feb 1962 - 04 Sep 2006)

Hey, did anyone have him in the Death Pool? Was there even one for 2006. Admittedly, too lazy to look for it right now.

He was amazing.

Crikey!

I’m a University of Florida alumni, so this commercial makes me especially happy.

Hearing the news really bummed me out.

I met some folks from Brisbane when I was on vacation in New Zealand and asked if they had ever been to his zoo. I said I thought he was a pretty good ambassador for Austrailian wildlife. Their reaction was that he was, but they thought he was a little too hyper-enthusiastic, even for an Aussie.

Looks like the first Celebrity Death Pool was in 2003.

We heard the news just as we were parking the car at the aquarium. I don’t know if we explained what happened to our kids before we went inside.

It made for some awkward moments at the touch pool. You could tell who had heard the news versus those who hadn’t. The jittery staff obviously had heard the news.