I am Australian and live about 45 minutes from where Steve and his family live and 'Australia Zoo' - in fact I took my niece there about 3 weeks ago. Steve was a 'dramatic' aussie and maybe that's what the americans loved about him so much 0 way over the top, a bit like their affection for Paul Hogan in the 80s. He was an intense person, some liked him, some didn;t even some aussies thought he was over the top. But he was the only famous environmentalist in the world and that surely has to be sufficient to mourn his loss. He was a regular bloke who was high on life. we have lost someone far more important to the world than the likes of the tragic death of a famous actor or something. But perhaps he live on more famous in death and that his works will be better appreciated and in his memory people will continue his work
