Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin, also known as The Crocodile Hunter, lifts up a snake onstage at Nickelodeon's 15th Annual Kids' Choice Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., April 20, 2002.

Steve Irwin gestures as he and his wife, Terri, talk about their part-fiction, part-documentary comedy "The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course," during an interview June 29, 2002, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. The Irwins say they use all the money they make from their cable television series "The Crocodile Hunter" to preserve natural wildlife habitats and encourage conservation.

Irwin smiles at his wife, Terri as they talk about their movie, "The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course," during an interview June 29, 2002, in Los Angeles. The movie co-stars the Irwins as they attempt to capture and relocate a rogue 12-foot crocodile.

Here's Steve Irwin in a scene from the movie, "The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course" (2002).

Irwin got in hot water for holding his month-old son, Robert, in front of a 13-foot crocodile, as seen in an image from television, during a croc feeding, Jan. 2, 2004, at his Australian Zoo reptile park in Beerwah, Australia.

Here's another image from Jan. 2, 2004, of Irwin holding his son during a croc feeding at his Australian Zoo reptile park in Beerwah, Australia.

"Crocodile Hunter" Irwin, center; his wife, Terri, left; his father, Bob, and daughter Bindi, right, face the media during a news conference Jan. 3, 2004.

Steve and Terri Irwin pose with an albino Burmese python March 5, 2002 at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The pair were promoting their film "The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course," as part of the ShoWest convention.

Irwin holds a 9-foot female alligator, in company with his wife Terri, who is from Eugene, Ore., at his reptile park in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia, June 18, 1999.

Irwin, wearing his trademark shorts, arrives to hear a speech by President George W. Bush to the Australian national parliament in Canberra Oct. 23, 2003.

Irwin celebrates after a locomotive that pulls a passenger train on the Australian transcontinental railroad was named in his honor at its unveiling in Sydney, Sept. 25, 2003.