“If he died, he would be sad if no one got it on tape. Steve Irwin, also known as The Crocodile Hunter, passed away 15 years ago as of this past Saturday after he was tragically killed by a stingray while. Even if he is eaten by a shark or croc, the main thing he wants is that it be filmed,” Donovan recalled. inge watch the show A stingray is what killed Steve Irwin However, the stingray landed several strikes on his chest. Search interest in the morbid footage reportedly spiked soon after the news of his untimely death broke, according to Mirror.ĭonovan has said that Irwin told camera operators “to always be filming.” There has since been speculation among fans over whether or not the full-length video ought to be released - with some who claim to have already seen it. Irwin’s biographer, Tommy Donovan, has previously revealed that the entire incident was caught on tape.Īccording to Donovan, the video captures the moment when Irwin pulls the stingray’s barb from his chest before he loses consciousness and subsequently dies. 4, 2006 after he was stung by a stingray off of the Great Barrier Reef. The Australian zookeeper was killed on Sept. Influencer apologizes after dressing as the stingray that killed Steve Irwin Later gator! Oregon cops bag alligator using tips from ‘The Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin’s daughter faced ‘hellish’ health battle that ‘was going downhill fast’: brother Crocodile Hunter’s son ‘flustered’ by sex admission during interview about koalas