Dad: Irwin wouldn't want a state funeral
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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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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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BEERWAH, Australia -- Steve Irwin pulled a poisonous stingray barb from his chest in his dying moments, his longtime manager said yesterday, after watching videotape of the attack that killed the popular ``Crocodile Hunter."
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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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A public memorial service for &quot;Crocodile Hunter&quot; Steve Irwin will be held next week following a private funeral at his beloved zoo last weekend, friends and family have announced.
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"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin is to be buried in a private funeral in the next few days, his manager says.
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Australia's Labour Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promoted family values on his way to winning office in November, but now the mother of his health minister is pleading with him to give her daughter time off to get married.
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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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More than 5,000 people, including the prime minister, are expected to cram the "Crocoseum" at the Australia Zoo on Wednesday to say farewell to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin at a memorial service.
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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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Quirky crocodile hunter Steve Irwin  had a sixth sense that he would die young, his American-born  wife Terri said on Monday.
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The father of one of six soldiers killed by a mob in Iraq says he does not think the killers will ever be arrested.
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Augusto Pinochet's grandson faces military discipline over an unapproved speech at his grandfather's funeral.
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The wife of Britain&#39;s Prince Charles  said on Sunday she had decided not to attend a memorial service  to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana.
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Bill Clinton doesn't want to become the White House's Sasquatch.
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Adelaide - The father of an 18-year-old Australian who was ripped to pieces by a Great White shark countered demands on Friday that it be killed, saying the predators should be &quot;appreciated and respected&quot;.
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The father of a girl whose body was found by a river tells an inquest he was not trying to force her to marry.