# 20 yrs ago today: R.I.P., Steve Irwin, 04 Sep 2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** documentary-bio\ **Created:** [September 4, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-yrs-ago-today-r-i-p-steve-irwin-04-sep-2006/1032821 "2026-09-04T16:29:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-yrs-ago-today-r-i-p-steve-irwin-04-sep-2006/1032821/1 "2026-09-04T16:29:54Z")
Hard to believe it’s been 20 years. Crikey! I’m watching this documentary, a 60 Minutes Australia documentary segment (47 mins), and I’m only a few minutes in and it looks really good. ➜ [https://youtu.be/sRhJtsUH5VI](https://youtu.be/sRhJtsUH5VI) ■ Rest In Peace, Steve Irwin (22 Feb 1962 - 04 Sep 2006) Hey, did anyone have him in the Death Pool? Was there even one for 2006. Admittedly, too lazy to look for it right now. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-yrs-ago-today-r-i-p-steve-irwin-04-sep-2006/1032821/2 "2026-09-04T16:33:36Z")
He was amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-yrs-ago-today-r-i-p-steve-irwin-04-sep-2006/1032821/3 "2026-09-04T16:39:35Z")
Crikey! I’m a University of Florida alumni, so this commercial makes me especially happy. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wjaGuliaNaU/maxresdefault.jpg "Steve Irwin's 'This Is SportsCenter' commercial is a classic 🤣 #shorts") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjaGuliaNaU) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-yrs-ago-today-r-i-p-steve-irwin-04-sep-2006/1032821/4 "2026-09-04T16:55:43Z")
Hearing the news really bummed me out. I met some folks from Brisbane when I was on vacation in New Zealand and asked if they had ever been to his zoo. I said I thought he was a pretty good ambassador for Austrailian wildlife. Their reaction was that he was, but they thought he was a little too hyper-enthusiastic, even for an Aussie. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-yrs-ago-today-r-i-p-steve-irwin-04-sep-2006/1032821/5 "2026-09-04T18:30:41Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Hey, did anyone have him in the Death Pool? Looks like the first Celebrity Death Pool was in 2003. > [@The Celebrity Death Pool 2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/256): > > Here is what I like to call “The List of People Who Will Probably Live” (Wow, I actually got 3 right last year): Bill Cosby Steve Irwin Joe Piscopo Kirstie Alley John Larroquette Loretta Swit Jack Palance James Garner Al Pacino Mary Kate Olsen Charlie Daniels Merle Haggard George Jones > [@The Celebrity Death Pool 2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2006/333632/1059): > > And congratuations to Wash and kat, both of whom had Steve Irwin for their first points of the year. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-yrs-ago-today-r-i-p-steve-irwin-04-sep-2006/1032821/6 "2026-09-04T21:34:10Z")
We heard the news just as we were parking the car at the aquarium. I don’t know if we explained what happened to our kids before we went inside. It made for some awkward moments at the touch pool. You could tell who had heard the news versus those who hadn’t. The jittery staff obviously had heard the news.