Steve Irwin of Animal Planet died of stingray's barb.

[Derek Broughton]

Senectus . wrote:

> On 05/09/06, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> Joel Bryan Juliano wrote:
>>
>> > have you heard the news, Steve Irwin died today of stingray's barb. He
>> > sure will be missed.
>>
>> It was only a matter of time.  He was a man with a death wish.
> 
> Quite the opposite, he was a man with a lust for life beyond anything
> most people come close to experiencing.

He did stupid things - regularly - with dangerous animals.  Living big
doesn't preclude having a death wish.  Like Evel Knievel, who always knew
one of his stunts would kill him eventually. 
-- 
derek