STEVE IRWIN - CROC HUNTER IRWIN 'KNEW HE'D DIE YOUNG'

CROC HUNTER IRWIN 'KNEW HE'D DIE YOUNG'

Australian crocodile hunter STEVE IRWIN had an eerie "sixth sense" that he would die young, his American-born wife Terri has revealed. More than a year after the 44-year-old wildlife presenter died from a stingray's barb that pierced his heart, Irwin's widow has admitted she had always tried to deflect her husband's darker moments. She says, "He wasn't morbid about it, or awful about it, he was open and earnest about it. "Steve had a real sixth sense about so many things. He had an odd connection with wildlife. He was extraordinarily intuitive with people. I found it all very, I don't know if 'eerie' is the word, but remarkable, certainly." Terri Irwin is now writing a book about her life with the tragic star. They had one daughter, Bindi, nine, together.