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Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin at Australia Zoo, 2005
BornStephen Robert Irwin
22 Februar 1962(1962-02-22)
Essendon, Victoria, Australie
Dee'd4 September 2006(2006-09-04) (aged 44)
Batt Reef, Queensland, Australie
Cause o daith
Stingray injury tae the hert
NaitionalityAustralian
Ither names"The Crocodile Hunter"
ThriftNaituralist
Zoologist
Conservationist
Televeesion personality
Herpetologist
Years active1997–2006
Notable wirk(s)The Crocodile Hunter
Hauf-marrae(s)Terri Irwin (m. 1992–2006)
BairnsBindi Sue Irwin (b. 1998)
Robert Clarence Irwin (b. 2003)
PawrentsBob Irwin
Lyn Irwin
Wabsteid
Australia Zoo

Stephen Robert "Steve" Irwin (22 Februar 1962 – 4 September 2006), nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", wis an Australie wildlife expert, telly personality, an conservationist. Irwin achieved worldwide fame frae the television series The Crocodile Hunter, an internaitionally broadcast wildlife documentary series which he co-hostit wi his wife Terri. Thegither, the couple an aa ained an operatit Australia Zoo, foondit bi Irwin's parents in Beerwah, aboot 80 kilometre (50 mi) north o the Queensland state caipital ceety o Brisbane.

Irwin died on 4 September 2006 efter bein pierced in the chest bi a stingray barb while filmin an unnerwater documentary film teetled Ocean's Deadliest. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship MY Steve Irwin wis named in his honour.