A sad farewell
Thank you for all the work you did to help endangered species and protect all animals. Your enthusiasm and wacky way made us laugh and look at the animal world through different eyes we may never have known. You will be very missed by millions around the world.
Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the "Crocodile Hunter", was killed Monday, September 4, 2006, by a stingray while filming off the
Irwin was diving off Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state in Australia, shooting a segment for a series called "Ocean’s Deadliest" when he swam up behind and too close to one of the stingrays, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, his friend and colleague John Stainton said. It sounds like a freak accident that was being filmed for another program.
"He came on top of the stingray and the stingray’s barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin’s boat at the time.
“I have no fear of losing my life. If I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.” - Steve Irwin
Thanks for the laugh, the great way with animals that you shared with us over the years. They were fun, crazy, and informative about many different species many of us may never have known.
You will be missed.
Ice
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