Oh my, his poor father.
I am just so sad about this.
I caught part of "Confessions of the Crocodile Hunter" on Animal Planet a couple nights ago; it was an interview show with Steve, Terri, Steve's father Bob Irwin, producer John Stainton, and his fellow croc-handler Wes, shot in 2004. When they talked about Lyn Irwin's death, Steve broke down on-camera. For that matter, so did Wes. Every indication was that she was absolutely loved by their little community at Australia Zoo, and she was right in the middle of everything that Bob and Steve did.
It was an interesting show with a lot of things I'd never known about. Steve was a surfer for many years, among his other pursuits, until he had to give it up due to knee surgery. (They showed some footage of him surfing and he was actually pretty good!) Apparently his various injuries and wear and tear over the years had torn up his knees to the point that after multiple scopings (one of which was shown on camera, yuk) he had to stop surfing to prevent further damage.
He also apparently was instrumental in the rescue of an American scuba diver off the Queensland coast a few years ago--he was out filming a documentary when word came that two divers had drifted away from their group and were lost. Irwin found one of them the next day sitting on a rock outcropping, dehydrated and near death, got him onboard his boat and took him to the nearest city. All on camera.
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