Steve Irwin, famous as the ‘Crocodile hunter’, has been killed after being attacked by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary. He was 44.
The Australian television personality, environmentalist and sportsman was diving near Port Douglas in north Queensland state when the stingray barb pierced his chest. Paramedics flew to the scene by helicopter but Irwin died before the treatment arrived.
Irwin shot to fame in his television programme ‘Crocodile Hunter’, which was first shown in Australia in 1992 and was later broadcast throughout the world.
He started catching crocodiles when he was just nine-years-old, learning from his father who started Australia Zoo. Steve took over the park in 1991.
Irwin is survived by his wife Terri and two children, Bob and Bindi. Bob became famous in 2004 when he Steve held the then one-month-old near a crocodile while he was feeding it.
