Crikey, not Steve

Steve Irwin, "Crocodile Hunter," is dead at 44, killed by a Sting Ray he was frolicking with while taping in Australia yesterday. The ray flicked a barb off its tail into poor Steve's heart muscle and shot poison through his body while he, true to his own character, ripped the barb out of his own chest and died in a spurt of blood. Which is to say he died as he lived, with enthusiasm.