'Crocodile Hunter' put to rest in private, public service next week: family
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A public memorial service for &quot;Crocodile Hunter&quot; Steve Irwin will be held next week following a private funeral at his beloved reptile park last weekend, friends and family have said.
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Tributes are paid to Australian naturalist  Steve Irwin after he was killed by a stingray while diving off Queensland.
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Fatally injured "Crocodile   Hunter" Steve Irwin pulled a stingray's serrated barb from his   chest before he lost consciousness and died, his manager said   Tuesday as fans worldwide mourned the exuberant naturalist.
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A public memorial service for wildlife celebrity Steve Irwin will be held next week, probably in a large football stadium in the Queensland state capital of Brisbane, his family told media Monday.
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"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is to be buried in a private ceremony as his family declines a state funeral.
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A public memorial service for "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin began Wednesday with a tribute from actor Russell Crowe.
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The son-in-law of Egypt's late president was laid to rest Sunday amid lingering mystery over his strange death and alleged role as a double agent who tricked Israel into complacency over the 1973 Yom Kippur war.
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"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, killed in a stingray attack this week, knew the risks involved in his work and often discussed the possibility he might die doing it, his father said Wednesday.
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Steve Irwin's father said on Wednesday  he lost his best mate when the TV naturalist known as the  "Crocodile Hunter" died in a freak diving accident, adding that  his son would hate the fuss of a state funeral.
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Thousands of Australians will be able to  farewell "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin at a public memorial to  be held at the "Crocoseum" in his beloved Australia Zoo, the TV  naturalist's wife said on Wednesday.
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Police set up barricades outside a funeral home Friday as Heath Ledger's family made arrangements to claim the body of the 28-year-old "Brokeback Mountain" actor.   A private viewing was scheduled for Friday at the Frank E. Campbell funeral home in M...
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The family of Heath Ledger was due to hold a private memorial in New York on Friday to mourn the 28-year-old Australian actor who died under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday, Australia's foreign minister said.
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"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's father said the family is declining the offer of a state funeral because his son was an "ordinary bloke." Bob Irwin told reporters his son and he were extremely close. "Steve and I weren't like father and son, we never were," he said. "We were good mates. I'll remember Steve as my best mate ever."
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The Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service says it will investigate the circumstances surrounding a crocodile attack in the state&#39;s far north.
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The grieving father of 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin speaks out against a state funeral in Australia for his son.
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Wildlife TV star Steve Irwin's grieving father has turned down a state funeral for a son he described as &quot;just an ordinary bloke&quot;, as a global wave of mourning astonished Australia.
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Family and friends of actor Heath Ledger  bade farewell at a private service in his Australian home town  on Saturday, with the media kept away and Ledger's father  appealing for mourners to be allowed to grieve in peace.