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

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.Robert and Bindi Irwin have continued his legacy working in wildlife conservation, appearing on television shows as well as managing their family-run Australia Zoo in Queensland alongside their mother, zoo owner Terri.Bindi, who was eight years old when her father died, shared a video of Irwin as he recounted “the most incredible wildlife encounter of my life” – the birth of his daughter.She said: “Tw
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