Steve Irwin's Family Donates Star's Famous Outfit For His Wax Figure

Wildlife TV legend Steve "The Crocodile Hunter" Irwin comes back to life in wax at Madame Tussauds. The wax figure wears the presenter's famous onscreen uniform.

His family made sure the wax figure was as realistic as possible by donating the star's famous outfit for the mannequin to wear. Irwin's wife Terry, who co-hosted him on his previous episodes, tells the Sydney Daily Telegraph how thrilled the family felt when Madame Tussauds approached them to create Irwin's wax figure.

"The team at Madame Tussauds has done an incredible job with the figure. I'm truly amazed at how much work has gone into making his likeness as authentic as possible," she said. "His wax figure will help keep Steve's memory, and his mission to protect wildlife and wild places, alive."

In his lifetime, Irwin was a wildlife expert, television personality and a conservationist. He also owned the Australian Zoo, opened by his parents back in 1970 on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Irwin died in 2006 while filming a documentary called "Ocean's Deadliest" at the Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland. He was stabbed "hundreds of times" by a stingray, according to his camera man.

Irwin's father was devastated on the cameraman's reveal as he said it didn't help for people who tried to survive without Irwin. His family decided to keep his last dying moment private until cameraman, Justin Lyons, revealed the entire happening in an interview.

After his death, Irwin has had a wildlife reserve, a road, a turtle, a snail and an anti-whaling ship named after him since his death.