Article continues below advertisementOK! can reveal Steve Irwin's shocking death by stingray - long regarded as a freak accident - is being revisited ahead of the 20th anniversary of his passing, with renewed attention on the brutal reality of his final moments and the risks he faced.The Crocodile Hunter star, who died at age 44 on September 4, 2006, was filming the documentary Ocean's Deadliest at Batt Reef off the coast of Port Douglas, Australia, when he was fatally injured by a stingray.