I will admit it. I cried when I heard Steve Irwin had been killed.

[Sannum]

I keep Animal Planet on in the background sometimes, and he seemed to be, despite his obviously nutty exterior, to be a loving husband and father and his death just hit me at a sensitive moment. :(

[YellowRubberDuckie]

1. Me too.

And I broke down a few times today hearing about it again. I'm not ashamed. he was an awesome guy.
Duckie

[WindRavenX]

2. me too

He inspired me tremendously to go into education to teach kids about science and animals.

A nice big FUCK YOU to the haters out there.

[Sannum]

3. They are talking about the birth of his little girl

:cry:

[KFC]

4. I did too n/t

[ComerPerro]

5. I didn't. At first. But I have been today

[LostinVA]

6. Me too -- my SO still is

She's watching Larry King.

I also cried this afternoon, looking at the tributes left in the mouth of the huge wooden croc at the Zoo... and thinking about Bindi Sue, who was definitely her Daddy's girl...

That's the worst part: we've seen the wedding, the birth, the kids growing up....

[lost-in-nj]

7. me to

he was a husband and a father also.....

:cry:

lost

[Skittles]

8. I never thought of him as nutty

I bet he, like me, felt like everyone else moved in friggin' slow motion.