Steve Irwin Received a Powerful Hollywood Tribute After His Passing

Their relationship soon became part of Steve’s television story as Terri joined him in wildlife work and filming.

In 1998, their daughter Bindi was born.

Their son Robert followed in 2003.

Steve’s children quickly became central to his life.

Photographs and footage from those years often show a man whose famous intensity around wildlife was matched by his excitement about fatherhood.

He imagined a future in which conservation would continue through another generation.

Then everything changed.

September 4, 2006

Steve was filming the documentary Ocean’s Deadliest near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef when he encountered a stingray.

During the encounter, the stingray’s barb struck Steve in the chest.

The injury was fatal.

Steve Irwin died on September 4, 2006.