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Would have to be skilled at it. And not trusting. Seems Irwin was just unlucky in his death.

Steve Irwin's Death: Looking Back at the Shocking Stingray Attack That Killed the Crocodile Hunter 18 Years Ago

Steve Irwin died while filming an underwater documentary on Sept. 4, 2006

By Alex Gurley
Alex Gurley is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.
Her work has previously appeared in Just Jared and Buzzfeed.

Updated on September 4, 2024 02:47PM EDT


Steve Irwin on The Ghan Railway on June 19, 2003. Photo: James D Morgan/Shutterstock

Steve Irwin may have died nearly two decades ago but his legacy continues to live on through his family.

On Sept. 4, 2006, the wildlife conservationist unexpectedly died following an unprovoked attack by a stingray. At the time, Irwin was snorkeling alongside the typically docile sea creature while filming in the Batt Reef off the coast of Australia. Although crew members attempted to revive The Crocodile Hunter host, the attack proved to be fatal.

In the wake of his death, Irwin left behind his wife Terri as well as their two young children — Bindi and Robert. While his death may have come as a shock to the world, Terri later shared that her husband always believed he would die young.

“He wasn’t morbid about it, or awful about it, he was open and earnest about it. We’ve got to accomplish everything we can,” she told Australian Broadcasting Corp. television’s Enough Rope series, per Reuters.

She continued, “Steve had a real sixth sense about so many things. He had an odd connection with wildlife. He was extraordinarily intuitive with people. I found it all very, I don't know if ‘eerie’ is the word, but remarkable, certainly.”

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