Crikey

Crikey, the puns and jokes will be running like water, but only in private as making fun of the dead in public isn’t that cool. Especially when a person dies doing what they are famous for.

SYDNEY, Australia -- Steve Irwin, the Australian TV presenter known as the "Crocodile Hunter," has died after being stung in a marine accident off Australia's north coast.

Australian media reports say Irwin was diving in waters off Port Douglas, north of Cairns, when the incident happened on Monday morning.

Irwin was killed by a stingray barb that went through his chest, according to Cairns police sources. Irwin was filming an underwater documentary at the time.

Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality Monday morning off Port Douglas, according to Australian media.

Irwin, 44, was director of the Australian Zoo in Queensland.

He and his American-born wife Terri Irwin became popular figures on Australian and international television through Irwin's close handling of wildlife, most notably the capture of live crocodiles.

The worst part is that his wife is apparently on a trek in Tasmania (in early reports) and has yet to be told of her husband's death. Although perhaps by now she has. He also had two small children, one he famously took with him into a croc encloser during feeding time.