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EIGHT-year-old Bindi Irwin was greeted with screams of support tonight as she honoured a commitment made by her father. The daughter of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin attended tonight's Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards in Sydney, making her first public appearance since her father's memorial service on September 20. At that service, Bindi Irwin pledged to continue the wildlife work of her father, who was killed by a stingray barb to the chest while filming footage for his daughter's TV series on the Great Barrier Reef on September 4. Steve Irwin had earlier agreed to attend tonight's awards ceremony so his daughter...

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Ray Martin's Australian interview with Terri Irwin has just begun - I am posting during the first commercial break. It's incredibly moving and I will do my best to digitise it and place it online after it's complete - I should be able to do it but with only a dial up connection, it may be a while before it's up/

FOOTAGE of Steve Irwin's death will never be shown on television, Terri Irwin has told American journalist Barbara Walters. Clutching a handkerchief and her eyes red from crying, Terri spoke emotionally to Walters about her fairytale marriage with crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin. Walters, one of America's best known TV journalists, flew to Queensland last week for the interview. Asked whether the footage of Irwin's September 4 death would ever be aired on television, Terri was blunt and emphatic. "It won't be. No. No. What purpose would that serve,' she said, adding that she had not looked at the footage of...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Footage of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's death will never be shown on television, his wife said in her first interview since the exuberant naturalist was killed by the serrated barb of a stingray's tail. Asked in an interview with the ABC News program "20/20" whether the footage of Irwin's September 4 death would ever be aired on television, Terri Irwin was blunt and emphatic. "It won't be. No. No. What purpose would that serve,' she said, adding that she had not looked at the footage of her husband's death. That footage shows Irwin swimming above a...

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In the three weeks since Steve Irwin, the Australian "Crocodile Hunter," died suddenly at age 44 from a rare stingray attack, FReepers have poured out their hearts to show their great love for Irwin's infectious enthusiasm and passion for his work; his devotion to his family, his country, his friends and the public at large; and his one-of-a-kind brand of wildlife education and entertainment. His widow, Terri, and his 8-year-old daughter, Bindi, will be on U.S. television Wednesday night in an interview with Barbara Walters on ABC. His 2-year-old son, Bob, is a little too young to make an appearance...

WATCHING through teary eyes the extraordinary tribute to Steve Irwin was one of those rare occasions, like the opening and closing ceremonies of the Sydney Olympics, when what it is that makes Australians unique becomes so clear. By now the knockers, the whingers, the Lefties and the chardonnay socialists, with intellectual tickets on themselves, will have sneered and derided the event and the man. But, it was about Australian values and how we express them. Leaving aside attempts by the politically correct and minority groups to hijack and mould Australian values to their causes, what do Australians themselves believe in?...

A NURSE who tried to resuscitate Steve Irwin says the Crocodile Hunter had virtually no hope of surviving the stingray attack that killed him. Nurse Enid Traill said she and paramedics were shocked to learn the man they had been trying to save on the Great Barrier Reef was "the" Steve Irwin. And in an uncanny coincidence, Mrs Traill said she knew the celebrity conservationist when he was a teenager – more than 1000km north of the Sunshine Coast where Mr Irwin grew up – but hadn't recognised him. A stingray's barb pierced Mr Irwin's chest at 11.18am (AEST) at...

A ONE-HOUR interview with US news "queen" Barbara Walters will be a cleansing experience for Steve Irwin's widow Terri, a close friend of her husband has said. Mrs Irwin and her eight-year-old daughter Bindi are due to talk to Barbara Walters in Brisbane for a one-hour special to be aired on America's ABC television network next Wednesday. Ms Walters is reported to have arrived in Brisbane this morning. Channel 9 will also broadcast "an exclusive Australian interview" by Ray Martin with Mrs Irwin and Bindi next Wednesday. Mr Irwin's long-time friend and manager John Stainton today said the interviews would...

TOO much pressure is being placed on Bindi Irwin to follow in her father Steve's footsteps, a child psychologist warned today. The eight-year-old is being touted as the next Crocodile Hunter after bravely telling the world at Irwin's memorial service yesterday: "I don't want Daddy's passion to ever end." Newspapers today ran headlines describing Bindi as "the future of the dream" and "the little wildlife warrior". Irwin's friend and manager, John Stainton, has predicted Bindi's fame could eclipse her father's within five years. But Alison Garton, a professor of psychology at Western Australia's Edith Cowan University, said such statements put...

"My Daddy was my hero - he was always there for me when I needed him. "He listened to me and taught me so many things but most of all he was fun. "I know that daddy had an important job. He was working to change the world so everyone would love wildlife like he did. "He built a hospital to help animals and he bought lots of land to give animals a safe place to live. "He took me and my brother and my mum with him all the time. We filmed together, caught crocodiles together and loved being...

PRIME Minister John Howard was among a string of political leaders, singers, actors, entertainers, academics and friends who have delivered tributes at the memorial service for Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin today. More than 5000 people crowded into the zoo’s Crocoseum on the Sunshine Coast, and another 300 million fans worldwide watched the service. "My fellow Australians, we gather in this special place that Steve created to celebrate the life of a remarkable man and remarkable Australian," Mr Howard said. "Steve Irwin touched the hearts of Australians and touched the hearts of millions around the world in a very special way....

A Memorial for Steve Irwin was held today in his family owned zoo. The likes of Australian PM John Howard, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Cameron Diaz, The Wiggles, Larry King, Justin Timberlake, Hugh Jackman, Wes Mannion, Peter Beattie all spoke at the memorial. There were also moving tributes from his daughter Bindi, and dad, Bob. His daughter Bindi said her own tribute from a sheet of paper in front of an image of her dad. She said: "My daddy was my hero - he was always there for me when I needed him." "He listened to me and taught me...

-- Marine explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau said Tuesday that while he...had "a lot of respect" for Irwin...Irwin would "interfere with nature, jump on animals, grab them, hold them, and have this very, very spectacular, dramatic way of presenting things...You don't touch nature, you just look at it. And that's why I'm still alive...I don't mess with nature."

"I don't want Daddy's passion to ever end. I want to help endangered wildlife just like he did.'' Mr Irwin's eight-year-old daughter Bindi Irwin. "Please don't grieve for Steve - he's at peace now. But I would like you to grieve for the animals - the animals have lost the best friend they ever had, and so have I.'' Mr Irwin's father Bob Irwin. "In everything he did he was direct, he was genuine and oh so Australian and that is what we loved about him.'' Prime Minister John Howard. "And as we share this celebration and we honour this...

Recorded tribute by Russell Crowe Prime Ministers Speech The Leader of the Opposition Kim Beazley Prime Minister John Howard Terri Irwin with Bindi and Bob Tribute by local indigenous people John Williamson singing Senator Ian Campbell, Australia's Minister for the Environment Wes Mannion Bob Irwin, Steve's Father Bindi Irwin, Steve's daughter Anthony Field, The Blue Wiggle A young fan in the crowd

STEVE Irwin's daughter Bindi has told a packed memorial service that her dad was her hero and she did not want her father's passion for wildlife to ever end. The little girl told mourners at Australia Zoo - and an international television and internet audience in excess of 300 million - that "my Daddy was my hero". "He was always there for me when I needed him", Bindi said. "(But) most of all he was fun". "I know Dad had an important jo - he was working to change the world so we everyone would love wildlife like he did",...

Steve Irwin's Memorial Service to Air on Animal Planet TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, FROM 9-10 P.M. ET/PT. Get a reminder! (Silver Spring , MD) — Animal Planet is airing Steve Irwin's memorial service exclusively in the U.S., commercial-free, on Tuesday, September 19, from 9-10 p.m. ET/PT, with an encore broadcast airing 12-1 a.m. ET/PT. The memorial service, entitled Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World, will be a same-day broadcast (with a two-hour delay) of the event Wednesday morning in Australia. The public memorial service for the beloved animal conservationist and television personality is being held in the "Crocoseum," a 5,500-seat stadium...

A SPARE seat will be left beside Steve Irwin's widow and children tomorrow, as a special way to remember the Crocodile Hunter during his memorial service. Irwin's manager and long-time friend John Stainton has refused to reveal too many details about the service, but he has confirmed there will be a spare seat for Irwin beside his wife Terri and their children, Bindi and Bob. "There will be one seat alongside of the family for Steve because he loved the Crocoseum, he built it," Mr Stainton said. "His Australia Zoo cap that he always wore watching all the shows with...