US-born Terri Irwin said her 44-year-old husband knew he would not live a long life. That footage shows Irwin swimming above a stingray, while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef, when it lashed out and speared him in the heart with its barbed tail, according to Irwin's manager, John Stainton, who said Irwin pulled the barb from his chest before losing consciousness. What purpose would that serve,' she said, adding that she had not looked at the footage of her husband's death.
Asked in an interview with the American 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.
