Did the Crocidile Hunter Steve Irwin die?

Answer 1

yep, he got punctured in the heart by a sting ray

Answer 2

Yes.
'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin Dies After Stingray Attack
Posted by Melanie McKane on September 4, 2006 06:02 AM | Permalink

steve irwin photo 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.

Answer 3

Steve Irwin aka "Crocodile Hunter' passed away while filming a new TV special. It was called "Ocean's Deadliest." What basically happened was, a stingray's barb went up into his chest and put a whole in his heart. He was only 44 years old. He certainly did alot for wildlife. He died as he had lived!

Answer 4

Yes. I read in Yahoo news. When I watched TV show Crocodile hunter, I always thought he was in some kind of danger. I once watched his daughter at that time about 3 or 4 years old I believe, said on the air " Daddy dangerous!" and tear came down on the chubby cheek. Steve wiped her tears and said her " Shout, Daddy be careful!, that will help". She nodded and shouted several times "Daddy be careful!"while Steve was with a big crocodile.My heart goes out to his family, especially for his daughter.

Answer 5

yea...
Irwin was at Batt Reef, off the remote coast of northeastern Queensland state, shooting a segment for a series called "Ocean's Deadliest" when he swam too close to one of the animals, which have a poisonous barb on their tails, his friend and colleague John Stainton said.

"He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time.

Crew members aboard the boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later, Stainton said.

Answer 6

Yes- Was stung by a stingray in the heart off the coast of Australia.

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

Yes he got hit by a stingray while SCUBA diving and filming in Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The stringray stung him and put a hole in his heart he was 44.

Answer 10

Sadly... yes he did. I copied this from Wikipedia.org..... Shortly after 11:00am local time on 4 September 2006, Irwin was fatally pierced in the chest by a Short-tail stingray barb while diving in Queensland's Batt Reef, which is part of the Great Barrier Reef. The events were caught on camera and the footage is now in the possession of Queensland Police. Irwin was in the area filming his own documentary, to be called The Ocean's Deadliest, but weather had stalled filming. Irwin decided to take the opportunity to film some shallow water shots for a segment in the television program his daughter Bindi was hosting, when, according to his friend and colleague John Stainton, he swam too close to one of the animals (actually a sort of fish), which have a venomous barb on their tails. "He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time.

After reviewing the footage of the incident and speaking to the cameraman who recorded it, marine documentary filmmaker and fisherman Ben Cropp speculated that the stingray "felt threatened because Steve was alongside and there was the cameraman ahead..." In such a case, the stingray responds by automatically flexing the serrated barb on its tail, which is up to 25 centimeters (roughly 10 inches) in length. "He came over the top of a stingray that was buried in the sand, and the barb came up and hit him in the chest," Stainton said. Wildlife documentary maker Ben Cropp, citing a colleague who saw footage of the attack, told Time.com that Irwin had accidentally boxed the animal in. "It stopped and twisted and threw up its tail with the spike, and it caught him in the chest," said Ben Cropp. "It's a defensive thing. It's like being stabbed with a dirty dagger." The Bull Ray that stung Irwin was "a one-in-a-million thing," Cropp told Time magazine. "I have swum with many rays, and I have only had one do that to me.” In this case, the motion struck Irwin's chest and pierced his heart. This was only the third known fatality in Australian history from a stingray attack, and only 17 have taken place since 1996.

Crewmembers aboard his boat called emergency services in the nearest city of Cairns and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later. Autopsy identified that the stingray had badly damaged both the left atrium of the heart and the left ventricle which caused a great deal of stress for the heart and caused him to go into cardiac arrest.

The Queensland Police Service notified his family and released a statement for the media concerning his death. News of his death prompted a public outpouring expressing shock and loss. Several Australian news websites went down because of high web traffic and talk-back radio experienced a high volume of callers expressing their grief, commemorating his passion and exuberance. Prime Minister John Howard, among many other politicians, expressed his "shock and distress" at the death, saying that "Australia has lost a wonderful and colorful son." Irwin's body was flown to a morgue in Cairns, where stunned family and friends were gathering on Monday night. His wife Terri was informed of her husband's death while on a walking tour in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania, and returned via private plane from Devonport to the Sunshine Coast with their two children.

Answer 11

Yes. He was shooting a documentary off the coast of Australia and was stung in the chest by a sting ray.