| Age | 44 years |
| Date of Birth | 2/1962 |
| Date of Death | 9/2006 |
| Visitors | 14,870 since 04/09/2006 |
| Creator |
Steve Irwin
22nd February 1962-4th September 2006
44 years old
Australia
Wife: Terri Irwin
Daughter: Bindi
Son:Bob
Died after a being stung by a stingray while filming on the Great Barrier Reef.
Steve Irwin, was and always will be a hero for many.
He is The Man, The Legend, The Hero to all animal lovers throughout the world. He will live on
through many a heart and will always be loved and never forgotten.
My thoughts, love and best wishes go out to all those close to him, especially his wife and
children.
A fan emailed this list of key gates to me, thank you, tina.
Feb. 22, 1962: Stephen Robert Irwin is born near Melbourne.
Feb. 22, 1968: Irwin receives a 12-foot-long scrub python for his 6th birthday.
1980s: Irwin volunteers for Queensland's crocodile relocation program, trapping
problem crocodiles.
1991: Irwin takes over his father's reptile park when his parents retire and
begins building Australia Zoo into a tourist icon.
1991: Irwin marries Terri Raines, a tourist from Eugene, Ore. Footage from their
honeymoon becomes the first episode of The Crocodile Hunter in Australia.
1992: The Crocodile Hunter is picked up by the Discovery Network, shown
worldwide.
2001: Irwin makes a cameo in the Eddie Murphy film Dr. Dolittle 2, in which he
attempts to wrestle an alligator and loses an arm.
2002: Irwin releases his first feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision
Course.
Oct. 2003: Prime Minister John Howard invites Irwin to lunch with President Bush
in Canberra.
Jan. 2004: Irwin provokes an international outcry after being filmed holding his
1-month-old son, Bob, while feeding a snapping crocodile.
June 2004: Irwin is investigated for a possible criminal breach of Australian
wildlife laws after allegedly clowning around with whales and penguins while
filming a documentary in Antarctica. He is cleared of wrongdoing.
Sept. 4, 2006: Irwin is fatally stabbed in the chest by a stingray barb while
filming a television segment on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
(i have created a forum so that fans from all over the world can come and chat and keep the memory
of steve alive, please copy and paste the link into your browser to come along and join us
http://steveirwinfans.proboards59.com/index.cgi thank you and hope to see you there)
so sorry
God bless your little ones, Bob and Bindi and wife too. I am sure they are all so proud. They will have the world to remind them of the special person that you were. Find my Lucas and tell him the wonderful things you learned about this world. I'm sure you are already exploring your new home. God Bless you.
Gone but not forgotten thanks for the years of enjoyment you are an inspiration to us all if only more people were like you. R.I.P Crochunter.
we miss you already
we in the reptile world are completely gutted by this. he was a legend and will never be forgoten. you will be in our hearts forever.
steve you were a legend and we will all remember you for the rest of our lives :(
you brought so much to this world and made many people interested in reptiles.
rest in peace steve and my thoughts are with your family. :(
i will never foret you steve you are and always be my idol and my hero RIP and please keep looking down on us and help us to remember the work you did from whereever you are now
goodbye steve
You were a marvelous human being with the wild life
You will never be forget. The wild life miss you. You death shock me and I fear that the feeling about the wild life could be bad. But I know that your lesson about the love for the wild life will never be forget.
Gone but not forgoten
Sorely Missed
Our hearts are broken, but our memories made stronger. We feel as if we have lost a friend.
RIP to a wonderful, passionate, devoted man
Always remembered
Never equalled.
Condolences to Terri, Bindi and little Bob xxx
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