Dearly beloved, we gather here on this page to pay our respects to Steve Irwin.

Irwin was many things-a reptile enthusiast, a pioneer in wildlife programming and the world’s most loveable lunatic. That’s meant in the best possible way of course. Irwin delighted audiences with his close encounters with crocs, which any sane person could easily identify as sheer craziness.

Interestingly, Irwin’s death was surprising since it wasn’t a crocodile that did him in, but a stingray.

However, Irwin still suffered what has got to be the manliest death of the decade. The threatened ray stabbed him directly in the heart. Irwin wrenched its barb from his own rib cage and shouted ‘Crikey’ (pronounced kah-ROY-kee). Keep in mind this happened under water.

Although unconfirmed at this time, Irwin was rumored to have roundhouse kicked the beast in its heart so hard that every other sting ray in a one-mile radius also died.