Steve Irwin, RIP

I think my daughter said it best the other day when she said, "Mom, it feels like we lost a family member." My kids have grown up with him. When we moved to Okinawa we said the one thing we wanted to do - and unfortunately never accomplished - was to go to Australia and visit him at the Australia Zoo. Man, if I just had it to do over again. He will be sorely missed. As my hubby said, at least maybe at some point in the future there will be some peace and solace knowing that he died doing something that he thoroughly loved and enjoyed.

Steve Irwin Memorial is an area on Animal Planet's website dedicated to the man and his life that was tragically cut too short.