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Australian zookeeper, conservationist and television personality (1962–2006)

This article is about the Australian wildlife expert and television personality.

For other people with the same name, see Steve Irwin (disambiguation).For the flagship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, see MY Steve Irwin.

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For the television series he hosted, see The Crocodile Hunter.

Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), known as "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlifeeducator, and environmentalist.

Irwin grew up around crocodiles and other types of reptiles and was educated regarding them by his father, Bob. He achieved international fame in the late 1990s from the television series The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series that he co-hosted with his wife, Terri.

The couple also hosted the series Croc Files, The Crocodile Hunter Diaries