1/64Steve Irwin.
Steve Irwin — his life in pictures
STEVE Irwin lived a large life — wrestling crocs, saving wildlife and entertaining millions. SEE THE PICS
2/64Steve Irwin with the Animal Kingdom Magazine.
3/64Steve Irwin tackles a crocodile in 2002 film “The Crocodile Hunter : Collision Course”.
4/64Steve Irwin handles the world’s most venomous snake, the Taipan snake, at the Singapore Zoological Gardens in 2006. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
5/64Steve Irwin holds a nine-foot female alligator with his wife Terri at Australia Zoo. (AP Photo/Russell McPhedran)
6/64Steve Irwin at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast, Qld.
7/64Steve Irwin with a 3ft-long alligator at the San Francisco Zoo in California in 2002.
8/64Steve Irwin in 2002.
9/64One of the Irwin’s favorite pictures of Steve.
10/64Steve and Terri Irwin.
11/64Steve Irwin hugging a crocodile in 2003.
12/64Steve Irwin lifts up a snake on stage at Nickelodeon’s 15th Annual Kid’s Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California, in 2002.
13/64Steve Irwin in scene from “The Crocodile Hunter’s Wildest Home Videos”.
14/64Steve Irwin, Terri Irwin and daughter Bindi Irwin during “The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course” Premiere at Arclight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California, United States. (Photo by SGranitz/WireImage)
15/64Steve Irwin in 2005.
16/64Steve Irwin in scene from TV program “The Crocodile Hunter” in 1999.
17/64Steve Irwin with a cobra snake in 1997.
18/64Steve Irwin with The Sunday Mail special magazine Animal Kingdom in 2005.
19/64Steve Irwin at the Penfolds Icon Gala Dinner during G’Day LA : Australia Week in Hollywood in 2006. AP Picture:Tammie/Arroyo
20/64Sculptor Mitch Mitchell finishing a clay model of Steve Irwin.
21/64Steve Irwin poses with his daughter Bindi Irwin in 2005. (Photo by Australia Zoo via Getty Images)
22/64Steve Irwin on set of film “The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course”.
23/64Steve Irwin in scene from film “The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course” .
24/64Steve Irwin on the set of “The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course” in 2002.
25/64Steve Irwin on the set of “The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course”.
26/64Steve Irwin at Australia Zoo.
27/64Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin at Sydney’s Mortuary railway station filming advertisement promoting launch of The Ghan’s new Adelaide to Darwin Service in 2003. Picture: Craig Greenhill.
28/64Steve Irwin with wife Terri and daughter Bindi at London Zoo in 2002.
29/64Steve Irwin in a scene from “The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course” .
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31/64Steve Irwin in a scene from the film “The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course” .
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33/64Steve and Terri Irwin at Australia Zoo. (AP Photo/Australia Zoo)
34/64Andrew Denton with guest Steve Irwin on TV show “Enough Rope” in 2003.
35/64Steve Irwin with a baby crocodile at Australia Zoo in 2004.
36/64Steve Irwin takes on hungry crocodile at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast in 2003. Picture: Rob MacColl.
37/64Steve Irwin holding newborn son Bob (1 month) as he feeds crocodile Murray in fenced enclosure at his Australia Zoo at Beerwah in 2004. Picture: Channel Seven.
38/64Steve Irwin faces off with a croc.
39/64Steve Irwin speaking at Australia Zoo wildlife park on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast in 2004. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen.
40/64One of the Irwin’s favorite pictures of Steve.
41/64Steve Irwin with three purebred Sumatran Tiger Cubs in Sydney in 2004.
42/64Young Steve Irwin with a platypus.
43/64Steve Irwin with a baby gorilla in Rwanda.
44/64Steve Irwin.
45/64Steve Irwin with wife Terri on set of film “The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course” in Queensland in 2002.
46/64Steve Irwin with wife Terri on set of film “The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course” in Queensland in 2002.
47/64Steve Irwin.
48/64Instagram photo posted by Bindi Irwin of her when she was a baby with her late father Steve Irwin. Picture: Bindi Irwin
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50/64Steve Irwin feeding “Monty” at the Australia Zoo in 2001.
51/64Steve Irwin and his daughter Bindi Irwin with a six-week-old Bengal tiger cub at Australia Zoo. (AAP Image/Tony Phillips)
52/64Twitter image posted by Bindi Irwin of her with father Steve. Picture: Bindi Irwin
53/64Steve Irwin on “New Breed Vets”.
54/64Steve Irwin with wife Terri, daugther Bindi and brother Robert, in the last photo ever taken of them all together.
55/64Steve Irwin holding a venomous sea snake while filming the documentary “Ocean’s Deadliest” in 2006.
56/64Steve Irwin with wife Terri.
57/64A young Steve Irwin in a picture from a book by Irwin’s best man and mate, Tony Frisby.
58/64Magda Szubanski with Steve and Terri Irwin. Picture: Magda Szubanski
59/64Steve and Bindi Irwin.
60/64A teenage Steve Irwin in a picture from a book by by Irwin’s best man and mate, Tony Frisby.
61/64Tony Frisby and Steve Irwin have been best friends since their school days. Mr Frisby released a book entitled “My Mate Steve Irwin - Life Before the Crocodile Hunter” recounting tales of their adventures when they were just boys.
62/64Steve Irwin (L) wrapping an anaconda snake around Jay Leno on TV show “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” in 2003.
63/64Steve Irwin and his team doing what they do best.
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