I have to admit, I laughed. I feel bad, but I did. It's just cruel irony, after all those years doing these dangerous stunts, he get's killed by something that has a tiny fatality margin. It's like one of Jackass guys choking to death on a doughnut.
I feel a bit bad, as just before I heard about it, I was laughing at the Dane Cook's Steve Irwin skit.
I always got the feeling he was going to die soon, definately over the last year. I just thought it would be getting killed by a lion or a crocodile (as would be most fitting), not something nearly harmless.
I feel awful for his family, wife especially. Was she with him? She usually goes with him to do stuff like this, if so, it must be awful to see your husband die like that. They really loved eachother, didn't they?