TIL That Steve Irwin was offered a state funeral following his death, however his dad rejected the government's offer citing that Steve would have wanted to have been remembered as "an ordinary bloke".

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_irwin#section_7



Submitted February 21, 2015 at 02:51PM by jusioaskal http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2wn5dj/til_that_steve_irwin_was_offered_a_state_funeral/