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Irwin with crocodiles. Australian naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin has been killed by a stingray during a diving expedition off the Australian coast. Mr Irwin, 44, died after being struck in the chest by the stingray's barb while he was filming a documentary in Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. Paramedics from Cairns rushed to the scene but were unable to save him.
Answer Wiki. Steve Irwin was killed by a Short Tailed Stingray, Dasyatis brevicaudata. They are massive, some growing as large as 14 ft. and weighing up to 750 lbs. The stingray that killed him was estimated at possibly around 8 feet in length.