So say's the Star...
Show my death on TV
"Footage of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin being killed by a stingray will be shown on TV to honour his wishes.
The daredevil’s cameramen captured the moment yesterday when the Aussie legend was stabbed through the heart by the fish’s deadly barbed tail.
Steve had always ordered his crew to carry on filming even if he was mauled to death.
So the graphic footage showing Steve, 44, being speared to death off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is set for a sensational broadcast.
Queensland Police seized the tapes as the death sent shockwaves around the world.
But it is understood Steve’s family have vowed to grant the real-life Crocodile Dundee his "dying wish".
Steve famously said: "My number one rule is to keep that camera rolling. Even if it’s shaky or slightly out of focus, I don’t give a rip!
"Even if a big big old alligator is chewing me up I want to go down and go, ‘Crikey!’ just before I die. That would be the ultimate for me."
An insider said: "This is exactly what Steve would have wanted. He knew the dangers and was totally up for the cameras to get everything."
Steve became a worldwide star thanks to cult show The Crocodile Hunter having a global audience of 500million in 126 countries.
In Britain, where his adventures are followed by an army or young fans, there were reports of youngsters weeping in schools as the news spread in the early morning.
Friend and producer John Stainton said Steve was swimming over the top of a giant stingray in shallow water when the normally placid stingray speared him in the chest.
Steve was hauled onto his research boat – Croc One – but paramedics could not revive him.
Bad weather had stopped filming for Steve’s new documentary – ironically called Ocean’s Deadliest.
He decided to shoot footage for an upcoming series hosted by daughter Bindi Sue, eight, who is just as passionate about wildlife as her dad.
That programe features footage of tiger sharks, turtles and stingrays and involved no apparent risks.
John added: "Bindi’s new TV show is going to premiere next January throughout America and the world.
"It should have been an innocent encounter for a TV show aimed at children. Steve was an integral part of that programme. We will do him proud and continue that effort."
Now, you know damned well that this will be difficult to get past the US censors. The American media has long since dismissed it's audience as being too blissninny and sensitive to watch the real world at work and play so figure the tapes to surface in Europe and be Youtube'd soon after. The single best thing to come from the tragedy is ESPN pulling it's commercials of him pouncing upon an alligator mascot, and for that I am thankful. That's pretty much all he was worth. A modern day geek following in the tradition of chickenhead-swallowers, but unlike his forebears, he discovered that wild animals are a tad more dangerous than irate hens.
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