STEVE INSKEEP, host: Fictional television dramas could hardly compare to the excitement conveyed by Steve Irwin. He's stalked reptiles on the Crocodile Hunter.</s>Mr. STEVE IRWIN (Wildlife Adventurer): Yeah, here's my target. Here's what I'm looking for. Oh, and it's a little beauty, too. I'd estimate him to be around about a six-footer. Perfect!</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: This morning we have to report that Steve Irwin has died. He was 44.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: He was killed today by a stingray while filming on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. His enthusiasm for animals was so great that one animal rights activist calls him a modern-day Noah.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News.
Steve Irwin, the Australian television personality known as the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed Monday by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary. He was 44.