Steve Irwin, host of the Animal Planet series The Crocodile Hunter, was killed Monday during a diving expedition off the coast of Australia, the country's Queensland Police Service confirms.
Irwin, 44, was stung by a stingray while filming a documentary at Batt Reef, Low Isle off Port Douglas at about 11:00 a.m. John Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time said Irwin "came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart."
Stainton said Irwin had been filming a segment for a series called Ocean's Deadliest. Irwin leaves behind his American-born wife Terri, 42, daughter Bindi, 8, and son Bob, 2
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