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UNTOLD STORY Of How Popular Show Man Was Killed By A Fish He Was Teaming
Aug 12, 2020
Stephen Robert Irwin nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian zookeeper, television personality, wildlife expert, environmentalist and conservationist
Irwin achieved worldwide fame from the television series The Crocodile Hunter (1996–2007), an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series which he co-hosted with his wife Terri. Together, the couple also hosted the series Croc Files (1999–2001), The Crocodile Hunter Diaries (2002–2006), and New Breed Vets (2005).
The day of his death (September 4, 2006), Steve Irwin and his crew were filming in the sea near the Queensland coast. He was snorkelling in shallow waters when he came across a short-tail stingray. Suddenly, according to the incident’s witness, the stingray started stabbing Irwin violently with its tail (or to be more exact its barb).
The “Crocodile Hunter” initially believed that he has received a punctured lung, but it turned out that the barb actually pierced his heart, causing him to bleed to death. Ultimately, crew members aboard Irwin’s boat administered CPR on the beloved zookeeper, and rushed him to the nearby hospital, but it was too late: the medical staff pronounced him dead.
News of Irwin's death prompted reactions around the world. Then-Prime Minister John Howard expressed "shock and distress" at the death, saying that "Australia has lost a wonderful and colourful son. Queensland's then-Premier Peter Beattie remarked that Irwin would "be remembered as not just a great Queenslander, but a great Australian".
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