Certainly he was an Aussie Icon. We virtually had a state funeral for Dale Earnhardt. It would be fitting. Not often someone of his stature and renown loses his life in such a tragic way in the prime of his life. I vote for it.
One big difference, Steve brought a lot more to humanity than Dale did.
And from what I just saw on Hannity and Colmes, getting killed by a stingray is quite rare, especially how Steve died. Though no one said it, Steve might have been highly careless with the animal to have been stung where he was.