Evel Knievel

TexasRed · #1 (**permalink**) 12-01-2007, 01:24 AM

Gzr just got a news drop that Evel Knievel has passed away. I went to his website & its down so I'm guessing thats a good bet its true

RIP.

curley725 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-01-2007, 01:37 AM

RIP Evel....I feel very fortunate to have met and shake his hand about four years ago...He visited the shop I was working at the time and got to spend about an hour or so with him...He was in pretty bad shape then as far as mobility but one of the most dynamic humans I have ever had the pleasure to meet....Truely one of a kind

Curley

TexasRed · #3 (**permalink**) 12-01-2007, 01:57 AM

Evel Knievel Dies at 69

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Evel Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69.

Knievel's death was confirmed by his granddaughter, Krysten Knievel. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs.

Knievel had undergone a liver transplant in 1999 after nearly dying of hepatitis C, likely contracted through a blood transfusion after one of his bone-shattering spills.

TexasRed · #4 (**permalink**) 12-01-2007, 02:03 AM

Thats cool you got to meet him Curley.

I had just read about his winning the lawsuit against Kayne West last week. Damn shame he wont be around to spend it

FATboy05 · #5 (**permalink**) 12-01-2007, 03:40 AM

Did anybody else watch his every jump with baited breath, and then go out and try to jump trash cans, people, logs, whatever you could find to kill yourself with?? I did, what a great guy to watch do crazyass shit!!

mrpiff · #6 (**permalink**) 12-01-2007, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by FATboy05

Did anybody else watch his every jump with baited breath, and then go out and try to jump trash cans, people, logs, whatever you could find to kill yourself with?? I did, what a great guy to watch do crazyass shit!!

Yep! First on a bicycle then on a dirt bike. He was my hero when I was kid!
RIP Evil Nnievel
The world sure could use more free spirited folks like him who are willing to back up what they say.

Hellswraith · #7 (**permalink**) 12-01-2007, 12:06 PM

I remember seeing him bust his ass on tv a few times and for Xmas one year I got a wind up Evil K motorcycle stunt kit !! Man that was my favorite toy !!

this was the shit ---> http://www.amazon.com/Evel-Knievel-Deluxe-Devil-Stunt/dp/B000FE3MLA

:lol:

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