Irwin ‘had strong conviction he would die early’

CROCODILE Hunter Steve Irwin always felt he would die early but that it would be a car wreck, not an animal, that killed him, the widow of the daredevil TV star and conservationist said yesterday.

Irwin ‘had strong conviction he would die early’

In her first interview since Irwin died from the jab of a stingray on September 4, Terri Irwin said her husband had an uncanny way with animals that both of them believed would keep him safe as he caught crocodiles, snatched up snakes and played with other dangerous beasts.

“I never thought it would be an animal, he never thought it would be an animal,” Terri Irwin said in the interview with Australia’s Nine Network.

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