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Lauren Del Fabbro

Steve Irwin’s family mark 20 years since shock death of ‘Crocodile Hunter’

Steve Irwin, aka The Crocodile Hunter, died in 2006 after an encounter with a stingray (Myung Jung Kim/PA) - (PA Archive)

Steve Irwin’s children, Bindi and Robert, and his widow Terri, have paid tribute to the “superhero” conservationist 20 years after his sudden death.

The Australian zookeeper and TV presenter, nicknamed the Crocodile Hunter, fronted a number of wildlife shows which caught the imagination of audiences in his homeland and across the globe until his death in 2006 after an encounter with a stingray.

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