Croc Hunter dies
Just to throw in my $0.02. . . .I really liked him. His seeming inability to ever have a conversation that didn't look like a performance for a group of schoolchildren was kind of irritating didn't really distract from his obvious love for the critters. Passion like that is rare.
I could suggest an archaeologist take up that mantle, but it probably wouldn't work very well. "Looook he-ah! It's a Mimbres black-on-white! Crikey. Isn't she a beyoooty? But very dain-gerous!"