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It has been a week since Croc Hunter Steve Irwin’s death and I don’t exactly know why but I’ve never been this affected with a death of any celebrity or personality – and an international one at that. For all I care, the American president, any English royalty, the Philippines’ own leaders – they may all pass and I wouldn’t feel any bit of sadness (I think a lot of Americans will even rejoice) that the world has just lost someone important. Maybe that’s it. Maybe it’s because with Steve Irwin, a lot of people will also agree that the world did loose something.

I was watching the news and some tributes to Irwin yesterday and I can tell you, children all over the world didn’t cry for Diana or even the Pope honestly. With Irwin, we see people – regular people, and not just politicians, leaders or celebrities, paying all kinds of tributes to the Crocodile Hunter. I’ve been touched to hear the words of children crying, and even grown-ups who’ve been fans of Irwin’s work. And what’s amazing is that Irwin wasn’t even trying to be a celebrity. It was basically his commitment to wildlife preservation that made him such an icon.

Irwin did get into a lot of controversy due to his public stunts but the guy did make a lot of difference in educating people about animals and changing the way documentaries were presented. I just feel like he still has a lot to contribute to the world and then he’s suddenly gone. It is unfair that people like him are the ones that go first.

It’s been over a week now, a lot of tributes are still ongoing, and news-writers are still writing about him. Steve Irwin, you will surely be missed.

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