Posted on 09/05/2006 7:36:47 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
THE footage of Steve Irwin's death should be destroyed, his manager and friend John Stainton said today.
"I would never want that tape shown," Stainton told CNN talk show host Larry King.
"It should be destroyed.
"At the moment it is in police custody for evidence. There's a coroner's inquest taking place at the moment.
"When that is finally released it will never see the light of day.
"Never. Ever.
"I actually saw it and I don't want to see it again."
Irwin, 44, died on Monday when stabbed in the chest by a stingray barb while snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef and Stainton has said footage of the incident is "terrible".
The footage shows Irwin pulling the barb out of his chest before dying.
While Stainton wants the footage kept under wraps, media experts say it may soon be circulating on the internet.
"The key point is once there's something on film, it's impossible to keep it contained," Paul Levinson, chairman of Fordham University's Department of Communication and Media Studies, said.
Mr Stainton, who broke down several times during the CNN interview, said Irwin's wife, Terri, was struggling with her husband's death.
When King asked a teary Stainton how Terri was doing, Mr Stainton replied: "A lot worse than me".
Mr Stainton told how he travelled with Irwin's body in a caske
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Am humbled and blessed by your kind words.
Thankfully, I can't take any significant credit for my mind.
God gave the genetics, the parents and the conditioning experiences. I've even done far too poorly at cooperating with Him.
So, whatever benefit comes from those 'off-the-top-of-my-head; off the cuff" rambling, spontaneous, poorly organized posts is certainly due to Him.
God's best to you, too.
I don't know if they're poorly organized or not. Don't go back and analyze that. I just assume they aren't because I didn't give any conscious thought to organization.
I seem to be able to follow your thought process just fine!
That's good. I realized at the end that I got all bound up in my underwear trying to describe such thought processes.
Much better when I just let her rip! Go with the flow!
Thanks tons.
You encourage me toward a good night's comfortable sleep.
Thanks.
Night.
Saw a report last week: wife says it will never see the light of day. End of story.
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