Evel Knievel has Died

[Dan G]

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.

[MadMatt]

R.I.P. you crazy, magnificent bastard!

http://holamun2.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/evel.jpg

I guess he felt his life was complete after finally making peace with Kanye West.

[BoondockSaint]

Rest in peace you fucking lunatic.

[Dan G]

I guess he felt his life was complete after finally making peace with Kanye West.

No kidding, 3 days after that was settled, he dies.

[Recyclerz]

Well, I guess he successfully jumped the River Styx.

Godspeed, you crazy nut job.

[Furtherman]

Truly one of my first heroes. The man jumped motorcycles over buses. He beat up an author who wrote a "less than flattering" image of him, with a baseball bat while both his arms were broken and still in casts.

R.I.P. Legend.

http://www.evelknievelshirts.com/images/Evel-Knievel-edit.jpg

Triumph!
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And who could forget...

Tragedy!
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[MadMatt]

One of my FAVORITE toys from childhood: The Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle Set!

http://www.firebox.com/pic/p1430ex1.gif

I loved that damn toy. I put jump ramps all over the place.

[Don Stugots]

thoughts n prayers. I'm on my to clearwater to pay my respects.

[TheMojoPin]

On the day he dies, he's gonna touch the sky.

Come up in the spot looking extra DEAD.

[Gvac]

I'm with MadMatt. The Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle was the greatest toy ever!


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[TheMojoPin]

Devlin pwned him:

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[PapaBear]

I'm with MadMatt. The Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle was the greatest toy ever!


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Loved mine! Evel was my biggest childhood hero. RIP

[zathrus]

does anyone know exactly what he died from?

[cupcakelove]

I thought we would never die.

[Freitag]

does anyone know exactly what he died from?

Being totally awesome and being totally fucked up at the same time.

That being said, I know he had some liver/alcohol issues. Cancer as well. Probably complications from that.

The coffin will be catapulted over the fountains at Caesar's.

[Doogie]

Is the funeral procession going to jump buses??

[Judge Smails]

Super Dave always wins in the end.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/f/f1/180px-SuperDave1.jpg

[Doogie]

Super Dave always wins in the end.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/f/f1/180px-SuperDave1.jpg

Except when someone takes flowers from his mothers road side memorial.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

wow RIP

and of natural causes, I lose , I bet missing a jump over a alligator pit

:king:

[Fezticle98]

Fuckin Legend.

He was huge.

[Mike Teacher]

The Caeser's Palace footage above? You know who shot that? The actress Linda Friggin Evans; she was going out with/married to [?] John Derek, of Bo fame.

There are a couple of biography docus out there; some bad some better. There's one showing the two test firings of the Truax Sky Cycle that he was gonna use to try to jump the Snake River; they both spiral into that canyon like bombs from a B-29.

My fave jumps were the ones where the stadium wasnt big enough so he'd build ramps going way the fuck up in the stands to get enough speed for take-off. Just insane.

And those were stock Harleys; with a shock travel of something like 2 inches; I think he broke one in half on landing.

Insane. Like whoever said it above; it was simple: The Man jumps a motorcycle over things. Evel said any fool can do the jump; any insane-O can try, it's doing it when you know you're not gonna make it; when it doesnt feel right at all, but he never considered backing out of a jump, 'What am I gonna do? Tell them to go Home?' That was unthinkable for him.

Bummer.

[jetdog]

"Do you know who the hell I am?!?"

[lleeder]

How did it happen?

[Judge Smails]

How did it happen?

I was just talking to him. Oh god love love him. Be sure to give the kids my condolences.

[lleeder]

I was just talking to him. Oh god love love him. Be sure to give the kids my condolences.

:thumbup:

[scottinnj]

I had the lunch box, the motorcycle and "action figure" (call it a doll and us Gen Xers will kill you) and never missed a jump when they showed it on TV.

Evel Knievel effing RULED!

[reillyluck]

i cant wait until Big AAAAAAAAAA waterski's over his casket!

[TheMojoPin]

He was no Lance Murdock.

[Doogie]

I was just talking to him. Oh god love love him. Be sure to give the kids my condolences.

Linger longer!!!!!

[Moo]

A true American icon and a legend is gone. What a glorious motherfucker if there ever was one.

[fezident]

The amazing thing is.... when they make the Evel Knievel movie... they're gonna need to use CGI to recreate everything that man lived through.

[TheMojoPin]

One of those rare icons far more famous for his spectacular failures than anything he actually succeeded at, yet still completely awesome.

[OGC]

Back in 1974 I actually saved up my allowance to pay to go to the local hockey arena to see the Snake River Canyon jump on pay per view. The place was fricken packed.


Rest in Peace


(or should that be pieces)

[Fallon]

God must have needed a daredevil.

[PapaBear]

There are a couple of biography docus out there; some bad some better.

The one with George Eads wasn't too bad... (http://imdb.com/title/tt0403004/)

[pennington]

The amazing thing is.... when they make the Evel Knievel movie... they're gonna need to use CGI to recreate everything that man lived through.

The movie has already been made starring the incomparable George Hamilton as Evel Knievel.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/149526975_7dbc29812c_m.jpg

[cougarjake13]

r.i.p.

[ralphbxny]

RIP Evel R I P Brother! Did Vince Mcmahon promote his gigs or was it just Mohammed Ali...Can Type Mohammed here?

[Furtherman]

Evel Knievel's Crime Syndicate (http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/06/evel.knievel.fbi.ap/index.html)

File reveals probes into a string of beatings in 1970s

He loved beatings.

[toolshed]

i guess god needed some muscle.

[Coach]

Evel Knievel's Crime Syndicate (http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/06/evel.knievel.fbi.ap/index.html)



He loved beatings.
Well the guy he beat the shit out of for writing an unofficial biography is looking to take what is left of his fortune.

[ahhdurr]

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.

He is survived by his brother: Gooddeeds Knievel who attributes his longevity to a positive attitude and clean living.