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On Monday September 4, 2006, Steve Irwin was reported killed by a stingray barb that pierced his chest, whilst swimming to film a documentary off Port Douglas, CairnsQueensland.[1][3]
On September 4 a Tourism Queensland spokeswoman said the death was shocking and paid tribute to Irwin's "enormous contribution" to his adopted state. Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality on the morning of at Monday September 4, 2006, Batt Reef off Port Douglas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Irwin#Death