"I've Got News For You" podcast, Steve's longtime pal and producer John Stainton recalled "The Crocodile Hunter" giving a "very, very weird" speech to the cast and crew just before filming the documentary "Ocean's Deadliest." "A couple of days before we started the show, he made a little speech to all the crew that were up there catching crocs for his research trip — which I joined at the end with our crew," John said. "He was sort of thanking them all for being who they were and for helping him.
It was like a finale speech."Unfortunately it was a finale speech, as Steve was killed on Sept. 4, 2006, after being impaled by a stingray barb at Australia's Batt Reef, off the coast of Queensland.John witnessed the death, as he was filming scenes.
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