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Some thoughts on celebrity deaths: Steve Irwin and the issue of public mourning

Margaret Gibson

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On 4 September 2006, Steve Irwin, otherwise know as the “crocodile hunter” and “wildlife warrior,” died after being fatally wounded from a stingray barb. Since his death there has been a huge outpo...

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1c3c8e4ebd09f3dfa99c54 https://doi.org/10.1080/13576270601089663

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