As many other people have observed, Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter, has died by the freak chance of taking a stingray barb directly to the heart. Irwin's is only the fourth fatality on record in Australia froma stingray barb (there have been 17 worldwide); all four Australian deaths occurred when the barb pierced a swimmer's heart. The previous three occurred in 1945, 1969, and 1990.
But you know what? I can't help thinking, Steve wouldn't have wanted it any other way. He died as he lived, up to the eyeballs in the Nature he loved. No lingering sickness or long slow slide into dementia for Steve; just "Crikey!" and out go the lights.
David Morgan-Mar, of Irregular Webcomic fame, has a tribute strip up.
Here's another perspective, by the way, from semi-legendary African crocodile hunter Khalid Hassen. Coming from a professional hunter who has cleared more than 17,000 crocodiles from Malawian waterways, where they frequently attack peasants, I cannot think of higher tribute.