Steve Irwin was my kinda guy, and now that he's gone he will be sorely missed. There have been all kinds of imitators, notably Jeff Kerwin, but after the great Marlin Perkins and the inimitable Jacques Cousteau, Steve Irwin was tops. Sure Jim Fowler handled all the animals on Wild Kingdom was the man, and after a while it was the younger Cousteaus who did most of the swimming. Irwin was always in the thick of the action, and he's gone out with his boots on.
Obviously he was a big hit in our household though we haven't watched him in some time. He was a genius of sorts whose energy and enthusiasm for his subjects was unbounded. There will never be another like him. Crickey!
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