No matter the circumstances are that you lose someone, nobody’s truly prepared, steve’s accident was so unexpected, it was extremely challenging. The Irwins married in 1991, just eight months after meeting and falling madly in love. The couple enjoyed a 14-year marriage and had two children, daughter Bindi and son Robert. After the Crocodile Hunter's freak accident, which led to his death, Terri Irwin said one of the ways Terri Irwin family learned to cope was through a daily conversation. Steve and Terri Irwin pose with a crocodile in 2002. ( Reuters).