I can't get on the site either, but the story does appear to be true. FOX, CNN, MSNBC, Yahoo, and an Aussie wire are all saying the same thing.
Totally shocked!!! As you might tell from my screenname I'm a scuba instructor and have made many dives with stingrays and they've always been very very docile. Easy to pet and feed by hand and never threatening.
Gosh, who'd ever thought they'd be responsible for doing him in?
Police say he was stung through the heart by a stingray while diving off Port Douglas
A helicopter arrived with paramedics on board to try to resuscitate him, but it was too late.
Irwin's body is being taken to the morgue in Cairns.
His family are believed to be flying from Brisbane to Cairns this afternoon.
Thanks for checking. It is true. I am just not wanting to accept this. He was only 44. He still had a lot to do.