2013 Event 'Panorama,' a BBC documentary series airing unseen footage from the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, casts doubt on medical evidence provided from testimony in the case 2006 Death Steve Irwin, wildlife expert, television personality, 'The Crocodile Hunter', wildlife documentary series, dies in Batt Reef, Australia, of a stingray barb 2001 Death "Jack Haley, Jr", documentary producer, That's Entertainment!, dies at 67 1998 Death Henry Hampton, documentary maker, Eyes on the Prize, dies at 48 1997 Death James Dewar, journalist/documentary film-maker, dies at 70 1996 Death Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at 80 1995 Death Mike Dutfield, documentary Prodcuer, dies at 48 1994 Death Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer, dies at 84 1970 Event Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary 1962 Birthday Steve Irwin, born in Essedon, Australia, wildlife expert, television personality, 'The Crocodile Hunter', wildlife documentary series, owned and operated Australia Zoo 1957 Event Walter Cronkite begins hosting weekly documentary 1953 Birthday Ken Burns, epic documentary maker, Civil War, Baseball 1951 Death Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies 1947 Birthday Mike Dutfield, documentary prodcuer 1933 Birthday Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography' 1926 Birthday James Dewar, journalist/documentary film-maker 1926 Birthday Bud Greenspan, documentary maker, Olympic Games 1916 Birthday Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker 1910 Birthday Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer 1898 Birthday John Grierson, documentary film maker 1895 Birthday Dorothea Lange, U.S. documentary photographer 1884 Birthday Robert Flaherty, Michigan, father of documentary film, Nanook of North
