Rest In Peace Crocodile Hunter

A passionate conservationalist and Animal Planet icon died this monday. Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, suffered a fatal blow to the chest while filming a documentary on stingrays on the Great Barrier Reef.

Friend John Stainton said he had viewed footage of his friend's last moments and the images were "shocking".

"It's a very hard thing to watch because you're actually witnessing somebody die ... and it's terrible," he said.

"It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest), and he pulled it out and the next minute he's gone.

"That was it. The cameraman had to shut down."

Read the story here.

A YouTube memorial montage: