Holy Sh#t this guy was popular.

[OGC]

<p><font size="2">I guess they are planning a big memorial service for
Steve Irwin in Australia. 5000 people in attendance, talk of
broadcasting live in Australia, the US, and Asia. <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20405086-1702,00.html" target="_blank">Read the article here.</a></font></p><p><font size="2">I always found the guy entertaining, but this seems a little overboard to me.</font></p><p><font size="2">Is there anyone in our entertainment world who would draw this kind of attention by dropping dead ?&nbsp;</font></p><a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20405086-1702,00.html" target="_blank"></a>

[jeffdwright2001]

<p>I think part of this is that he appealed to kids AND adults.&nbsp; </p><p>Another contributing factor is the manner in which he died and his age.&nbsp; Perhaps the numbers attending would be down if he were 83 and died in his sleep of natural causes.</p><p>We've had some &quot;spectacle&quot;&nbsp;deaths that impacted and pulled folks from all over (Elvis and Reagan are a couple), but none come to mind that were involved in television.</p><p>But that may be because David Hasselof hasn't drowned or been killed by Kitt's evil counterpart Carr.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[JustJon]

Perhaps it's because he's one of the three Australian celebrities you can name.<br />

[zentraed]

<strong>JustJon</strong> wrote:<br />Perhaps it's because he's one of the three Australian celebrities you can name.<br /><p>&nbsp;</p>Exactly. Any &quot;international&quot; celebrities well-known in America are HUGE stars in their home country.<br />

[jeffdwright2001]

<strong>JustJon</strong> wrote:<br />Perhaps it's because he's one of the three Australian celebrities you can name.<br /><p>What 3 were you thinking of:</p><p>Crocodiel Hunter</p><p>Russell Crow (born in New Zealand, but raised and lives in Australia)</p><p>Paul Hogan (at one time, still if you love a certain make of car)</p><p>Nicole Kidman</p><p>Naomi Watts (born England but raised in Australia, considers herself Australian)</p><p>Olivia Newton-John (born England, but in Australia since age 5)</p><p>hmmmm . . . Australia is like Northern Virginia, it's hard to find someone who didn't move there.</p>

[A.J.]

Don't forget the Bee Gees, AC/DC, Midnight Oil and INXS!

[mikeyboy]

<strong>jeffdwright2001</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>JustJon</strong> wrote:<br />Perhaps it's because he's one of the three Australian celebrities you can name.<br /><p>What 3 were you thinking of:</p><p>Crocodiel Hunter</p><p>Russell Crow (born in New Zealand, but raised and lives in Australia)</p><p>Paul Hogan (at one time, still if you love a certain make of car)</p><p>Nicole Kidman</p><p>Naomi Watts (born England but raised in Australia, considers herself Australian)</p><p>Olivia Newton-John (born England, but in Australia since age 5)</p><p>hmmmm . . . Australia is like Northern Virginia, it's hard to find someone who didn't move there.</p><p>You forgot about Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger&nbsp;and Yahoo Serious.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by mikeyboy on 9-13-06 @ 2:05 PM</span>

[UnknownPD]

<p><font size="2">I always found the guy entertaining, but this seems a little overboard to me.</font></p><p><font size="2">In a world where George Bush is President we need all the heroes we can get</font></p>

[Skellington]

Don't forget Huge Jackman...i mean...Wolverine *drooooollll*

[Furtherman]

Toni Collette!

[jeffdwright2001]

<p>Here's some stars and what they earned in 2005.</p><p>Steve is at the bottom of the list, and it's no suprise to anyone with young kids, that the Wiggle's are #1 with 50 Million.&nbsp; (This is their 2nd year in a row.&nbsp; In 2004 they topped the list with 45 million)</p><p><img height="262" src="http://www.holidayswithkids.com.au/__data/page/898/Wiggles.jpg" width="227" border="0" /></p><p><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/wiggles-wriggle-back-into-top-spot/2006/04/12/1144521401699.html" target="_self"><strong>OUR RICHEST STARS </strong>WHAT THEY EARNED IN 2005</a></p><p><strong>1 The Wiggles $50m </strong>SOURCE: BRW</p><p>2 AC/DC $25m </p><p>3 Nicole Kidman $22.3m </p><p>4 Hugh Jackman $20m </p><p>5 Keith Urban $20m </p><p>6 Kylie Minogue $19m </p><p>7 Cate Blanchett $15m </p><p>8 Hi-5 $15m </p><p>9 Eric Bana $12m </p><p>10 Naomi Watts $11m </p><p>11 Geoffrey Rush $10.5m </p><p>12 James Wan and Leigh Whannell $10m </p><p>13 Anthony LaPaglia $8.5m </p><p>14 John Laws $8m </p><p>15 Manpower $7.5m </p><p>16 Bjorn Again $5.2m </p><p>17 Stuart Beattie $5.1m </p><p>18 Russell Crowe $5m </p><p>19 Alan Jones $5m </p><p>20 Steve Irwin $4m </p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by jeffdwright2001 on 9-13-06 @ 3:02 PM</span>

[yomudder21]

<p><font size="5">I think 15 out of the twenty people on this list should get stung by Sting Rays.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><strong>jeffdwright2001</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here's some stars and what they earned in 2005.</p><p>Steve is at the bottom of the list, and it's no suprise to anyone with young kids, that the Wiggle's are #1 with 50 Million.&nbsp; (This is their 2nd year in a row.&nbsp; In 2004 they topped the list with 45 million)</p><p><img height="262" src="http://www.holidayswithkids.com.au/__data/page/898/Wiggles.jpg" width="227" border="0" /></p><p><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/wiggles-wriggle-back-into-top-spot/2006/04/12/1144521401699.html" target="_self"><strong>OUR RICHEST STARS </strong>WHAT THEY EARNED IN 2005</a></p><p><strong>1 The Wiggles $50m </strong>SOURCE: BRW</p><p>2 AC/DC $25m </p><p>3 Nicole Kidman $22.3m </p><p>4 Hugh Jackman $20m </p><p>5 Keith Urban $20m </p><p>6 Kylie Minogue $19m </p><p>7 Cate Blanchett $15m </p><p>8 Hi-5 $15m </p><p>9 Eric Bana $12m </p><p>10 Naomi Watts $11m </p><p>11 Geoffrey Rush $10.5m </p><p>12 James Wan and Leigh Whannell $10m </p><p>13 Anthony LaPaglia $8.5m </p><p>14 John Laws $8m </p><p>15 Manpower $7.5m </p><p>16 Bjorn Again $5.2m </p><p>17 Stuart Beattie $5.1m </p><p>18 Russell Crowe $5m </p><p>19 Alan Jones $5m </p><p>20 Steve Irwin $4m </p><span class="post_edited">This message was edited by jeffdwright2001 on 9-13-06 @ 3:02 PM</span>

[Justice4all]

<strong>wbskellington2</strong> wrote:<br />Don't forget Huge Jackman...i mean...Wolverine *drooooollll* <p>If you liked him in Wolverine you should have seen him on Broadway, that man can do it all..act, sing, everything! I was impressed. Don't be surprised if someday you seem him win an acadamy award.</p><p></p><p><font size="2">Is there anyone in our entertainment world who would draw this kind of attention by dropping dead ?&nbsp;</font></p><a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20405086-1702,00.html" target="_blank"></a><p><br /></p><p>Maybe Tom Cruise...but that would be more for celebration.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Justice4all on 9-13-06 @ 3:41 PM</span>

[JustJon]

You people all forgot Jocko!<br />

[sailor]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>mikeyboy</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>jeffdwright2001</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>JustJon</strong> wrote:<br />Perhaps it's because he's one of the three Australian celebrities you can name.<br /><p>What 3 were you thinking of:</p><p>Crocodiel Hunter</p><p>Russell Crow (born in New Zealand, but raised and lives in Australia)</p><p>Paul Hogan (at one time, still if you love a certain make of car)</p><p>Nicole Kidman</p><p>Naomi Watts (born England but raised in Australia, considers herself Australian)</p><p>Olivia Newton-John (born England, but in Australia since age 5)</p><p>hmmmm . . . Australia is like Northern Virginia, it's hard to find someone who didn't move there.</p><p>You forgot about Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger and Yahoo Serious.</p>

<span class="post_edited">This message was edited by mikeyboy on 9-13-06 @ 2:05 PM</span><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">mel was born and raised in new york till he was 12.&nbsp;</font></p>

[Judge Smails]

<strong>jeffdwright2001</strong> wrote:<br /><p><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/wiggles-wriggle-back-into-top-spot/2006/04/12/1144521401699.html" target="_self"><strong>OUR RICHEST STARS </strong>WHAT THEY EARNED IN 2005</a></p><p><strong>1 The Wiggles $50m </strong>SOURCE: BRW</p><p>2 AC/DC $25m </p><p>3 Nicole Kidman $22.3m </p><p>4 Hugh Jackman $20m </p><p>5 Keith Urban $20m </p><p>6 Kylie Minogue $19m </p><p>7 Cate Blanchett $15m </p><p>8 Hi-5 $15m </p><p>9 Eric Bana $12m </p><p>10 Naomi Watts $11m </p><p>11 Geoffrey Rush $10.5m </p><p>12 James Wan and Leigh Whannell $10m </p><p>13 Anthony LaPaglia $8.5m </p><p>14 John Laws $8m </p><p>15 Manpower $7.5m </p><p>16 Bjorn Again $5.2m </p><p>17 Stuart Beattie $5.1m </p><p>18 Russell Crowe $5m </p><p>19 Alan Jones $5m </p><p>20 Steve Irwin $4m </p><span class="post_edited">This message was edited by jeffdwright2001 on 9-13-06 @ 3:02 PM</span> <p>Though no longer technically Australian, Rupert Murdoch has a net worth of something close to $8 Billion.&nbsp; He had to become an American citizen in order to purchase FOX, so maybe the Austrlians hold that against him.&nbsp; But he's definitely got to be Austrlia's best &quot;local boy makes it big&quot; story.</p>

[Gaia]

<strong>Justice4all</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>wbskellington2</strong> wrote:<br />Don't forget Huge Jackman...i mean...Wolverine *drooooollll* <p>If you liked him in Wolverine you should have seen him on Broadway, that man can do it all..act, sing, everything! I was impressed. Don't be surprised if someday you seem him win an acadamy award.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He is very talented and soooo in the closet. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I loved steve Irwin....&quot;GOORGEOUS!!&quot;.... he was so into his work. </p>

[Sheeplovr]

<p><span class="postbody">You forgot about Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger&nbsp;and Yahoo Serious.</span></p><p>you also forgot </p><p>Ben Lee </p><p>and </p><p>Silver chair</p><p>and </p><p>&nbsp;Natalie Imbruglia</p><p><img width="288" height="352" border="0" src="http://www.strategyplanet.com/evilgenius/images/furby.jpg" />&nbsp;</p><p>i love her big eyes&nbsp;</p>

[JustJon]

<p>Though no longer technically Australian,
Rupert Murdoch has a net worth of something close to $8 Billion.&nbsp; He
had to become an American citizen in order to purchase FOX, so maybe
the Austrlians hold that against him.&nbsp; But he's definitely got to be
Austrlia's best &quot;local boy makes it big&quot; story.</p> <p>
</p><p>That makes him a businessman, not a star.&nbsp;</p>