Steve Irwin
Conservationist, Organization founder
1962 – 2006
Who was Steve Irwin?
Stephen Robert "Steve" Irwin, nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian wildlife expert, television personality, and conservationist. Irwin achieved worldwide fame from the television series The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series which he co-hosted with his wife Terri. Together, the couple also owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by Irwin's parents in Beerwah, about 80 kilometres north of the Queensland state capital city of Brisbane. Irwin died on 4 September 2006 after being pierced in the chest by a stingray barb while filming an underwater documentary film titled Ocean's Deadliest. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship MY Steve Irwin was named in his honour.
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- Born
- Feb 22, 1962
Essendon - Also known as
- Stephen Robert Irwin
- The Crocodile Hunter
- Steveo
- Stephen Robert "Steve" Irwin
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Terri Irwin
(1992/06/04 - 2006/09/04)
- Terri Irwin
- Children
- Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Education
- Landsborough State School
- Caloundra State High School
( - 1979)
- Lived in
- Queensland
- Melbourne
- Died
- Sep 4, 2006
Batt Reef
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on July 23, 2013
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