If he wouldve kept on living, theres a chance he couldve dethroned Chuck Norris. Of course Chuck Norris wouldve never gone out like that either... because ummm water parts for Chuck, so obviously the sting ray wouldnt have got him.
i feel bad, cause i really liked his show, poor guy.... well poor children and wife.
but i guess you have to count, on something like that could happen, when you have a job like this.