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Croc Hunter Laid To Rest
Fittingly, the Crocodile Hunter's final send-off came at a zoo.
Friends and family gathered together Saturday to pay their respects to Steve Irwin with a low-key private memorial at his Australia Zoo in Queensland.
"On Saturday afternoon, my best mate was set to rest," Wes Mannion, Irwin's close friend and fellow croc enthusiast, said at a press conference Monday.
According to Mannion, the service was "attended by all the Irwin family, [wife] Terri's family from America and some of Steve's closest friends and workmates."
But far from being a downbeat affair, the ceremony was a happy celebration of the crikey-shouting conservationist's life.
"Because Steve loved the bush so much and yarning around the campfire, the service was held just like he would've wanted, with everyone telling their favorite stories about him, and around a candlelit fire," Irwin's father, Bob, said.
"It was what he would have wanted and now puts some family closure to his life."
While the when and where of the service has been confirmed, the same can't be said for the burial. Several Australian news reports claimed Irwin's body was spotted being transported from a funeral home to the Australia Zoo, where the remembrance took place, sparking rumors that he was buried on the sanctuary's grounds.
The TV personality's family, however, has so far refused to announce the location of his burial or confirm if indeed he was buried--reports have also circulated that Irwin may have been cremated.
The 44-year-old naturalist died suddenly and unexpectedly on Sept. 4 after being pierced in the heart by a stingray's barb while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef.
A public memorial is scheduled to take place later this week to accommodate the thousands of fans and well-wishers for Irwin's family.
"We are planning to have a public memorial next Tuesday or Wednesday, at somewhere like Suncorp Stadium," Mannion said. "The finalizing of this venue will only take place after the Queensland Police have assessed the suitability of all possible sites."
But just like the private service, the public one will be kept upbeat.
"We envisage it to be a celebration of his life, not a sad funeral. Steve would not have wanted us to have everyone around crying and saying how sad it was," the late star's manager, John Stainton, said. "We want everyone, really, to come along and enjoy what his life was about."
"It's got to be an exciting and fun thing because that's the sort of man he was--he was just 100 mph," Mannion said.
Irwin's wife Terri and children, eight-year-old daughter Bindi and two-year-old son Bob, will likely make their first public appearances since Irwin's death at the memorial.
"We think that hopefully that will give her the strength and the courage for the kids to come out in the public arena because it's going to be a very hard service for her," Stainton said.
In the meantime, the Australia Zoo has turned into something of a Down Under Graceland for public mourners, with flowers, sympathy cards and hordes of Irwin's signature khaki safari shirts shrouding its gates.
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