

Irwin was filming segments for a new television show for his daughter Bindi when a stingray's tail pierced his heart. "I want to make him the proudest dad to have me and I want to show everybody, and nearly be as good as him because he was the best,'' Bindi said on CNN this week, also pointing out that she had already been scheduled to accompany him on a tour of the U.S.Police say footage of Steve Irwin's final moments could become key evidence at a coronial inquest into the Crocodile Hunter's death in far north Queensland.įar north police Superintendent Michael Keating says police are preparing a report for the coroner on the death of the 44-year-old internationally acclaimed television personality and wildlife expert.Ĭameraman Peter West was filming yesterday as he and Irwin snorkelled on Batt Reef. She has been giving interviews and fending off criticism that her parents have pushed her into show business, saying that she's doing it in memory of her father. promoting Bindi's upcoming wildlife series Bindi, The Jungle Girl. Terri Irwin and Bindi have been in the U.S. A public memorial held two weeks after his death attracted 5,000 mourners and tributes from Australian Prime Minister John Howard and actor Russell Crowe. Irwin's death caused an outpouring of shock, emotion and support from Australians and many around the world who watched his programs. "We're very proud that Steve's last documentary is going to air and that's his last footage with wildlife,'' said Terri Irwin, who is American and met her husband while on vacation in Australia in 1991.They also have two children: Bindi, 8, and two-year-old son, Bob. 21 special on The Discovery Channel and Animal Planet on the show Ocean's Deadliest. Video from the rest of the shoot will be featured ina Jan.


"All footage has been destroyed."Īustralian officials said last week that they had finished their investigation into Irwin's death and destroyed all but one copy of the tape, which they said they gave to Terri Irwin. "There's standard protocols for examining certain evidence and that's no longer necessary,'' Terri Irwin told the celebrity television show Access Hollywood in an interview that aired on Friday. 4 after a stingray pierced Irwin's heart with its poisonous barb.He was filming a wildlife special off the Australian coast at the time. The 44-year-old wildlife enthusiast died on Sept.

The last remaining footage of Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's deadly encounter with a stingray has been destroyed, says his widow.
