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Steve Irwin – "Crikey" What A Legend

For a man who risked life and limb on a daily basis, and who would say, won the jackpot of a lifetime when he married Terri and had two wonderful kids, Steve Irwin was certainly blessed with extraordinary good luck. With his trademark cry of "Crikey!" and his ebullient persona, television naturalist Steve Irwin was an atypical but powerful voice for animal conservation. However, Irwin, known to viewers as the "Crocodile Hunter," died on Monday after a stingray's serrated barb pierced his heart while he was filming at the Great Barrier Reef off Australia.

His talents as an entertainer served the conservationists' cause well, said M. Sanjayan, lead scientist for The Nature Conservancy. "I absolutely think he counts as a naturalist and he counts as a conservationist," Irwin's animal programs often featured the "Crocodile Hunter" wrestling snakes or crocodiles. Yet even though he gambled with his life in this way, he successfully highlighted the importance in saving the natural environment where such creatures live.

The world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet," said Stainton, Irwin’s best friend and cameraman who filmed this freakish accident. "He died doing what he loved best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind. He would have said, 'Crocs Rule!'"