World pays tribute to 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin
People around the world paid tribute to “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin on the 10th death anniversary of the renowned Australian conservationist and television personality.
Irwin died at the age of 44, after being stabbed in the heart by a giant stingray at Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia, leaving behind his wife Terri and two children, reports Yahoo News.
You'll be my hero for my entire existence. I love you more than words can describe. pic.twitter.com/R9OUzGWUwO
— Bindi Irwin (@BindiIrwin) September 3, 2016
“You’ll be my hero for my entire existence,” Irwin’s daughter, Bindi, now 18, tweeted. “I love you more than words can describe.”
His son Robert, now 12, told the Brisbane Times that he hopes to carry on his father’s legacy as a wildlife photographer.
Irwin’s manager, John Stainton, told an Australian radio station that Irwin’s “larger than life” personality was “never a put-on.”
“He burnt a hole in the fabric of our lives as he jumped through the television and grabbed you by the scruff of the neck,” Stainton said. “He had that magnetism, and there was nothing like him before.”
Actor Russell Crowe also took to twitter to memorialise his late friend on Sunday, which also marked Father’s Day in Australia.
10 years ago today..
Steve Irwin passed away. Terri, Bindi and Robert are a testament to the love you embodied mate, happy Father's Day— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) September 4, 2016
“Terri, Bindi and Robert are a testament to the love you embodied mate,” Crowe tweeted. “Happy Father’s Day.”
Last week, Irwin’s family shared a heartfelt letter the Irwin penned to his parents 12 years before his death.
“Probably one of the most unfortunate things in a ‘Bloke’s Life’ is that it takes over 30 years to realise how essential you have been to build my character, my ethics and, most importantly, my HAPPINESS,” the note, in part, reads.
“At 32, I am finally starting to figure it out. In good times and in bad, you were there. Your strength and endurance to raise me will not go unrewarded.”
The letter, which was recently discovered by Irwin’s father Bob, will be included in the elder Irwin’s upcoming memoir, “The Last Crocodile Hunter: A Father and Son Legacy.”
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