| Age | 44 years |
| Date of Birth | 2/1962 |
| Date of Death | 9/2006 |
| Visitors | 17,535 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)
gone but not forgotten
we are shocked and saddened by steve's death the world has lost a great man our heart goes out to his family and friends x
rest in peace steve
all my thoughts are with terri ,bindi , bob and the rest of steve's family plus all his freinds n fans who will miss him dearly (((( hugs )))) he will allways go on in our hearts xxx
gone but not forgotten
we are shocked and saddened by steve's death the world has lost a great man our heart goes out to his family and friends x
rest in peace
TO steve
Hope you rest in peace you was worth watching and you give us some joy in watching you in the program My thoughts go to all your family and friends
rest in peace
r.i.p
r.i.p. stv u will be mist graetly my brother is yuour biggest fan and he loves u dearly if only you could of madee one move documenty well they choses u you to be anthoer star and i hope to meetyou soon love molly
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.
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