RIP Evel Knievel dead at 69

IronHawk · Nov 2007

Jumping Busses in the afterlife

Sounds like the dudes later years were pretty rough. RIP dude.

Ruz · Nov 2007

I was just gonna post this. He was a big hero of mine, growing up in the 70's. I thought he was older than 69 though.
I remember watching snake river canyon jump on world of sport which was a tad disappointing, but still, love the image and the whole hero thing. you don't get that now.

KeyserSoze · Nov 2007

I think most of his years were pretty damn rough. I watched a documentary on him last year, and despite all the fame and fortune, the guy's life was anything but glamorous. He probably went through as much mental and emotional anguish in his life as he did physical punishment, from the sound of it.

Ruz · Dec 2007

I used to drive my mum crazy with the wind up evel kneivel toy. great fun.
used to make him jump off the stairs and crash in to steve austin:)

pliang · Dec 2007

Sounds like almost every other star with an action oriented career.

Ruz · Dec 2007

nahh he was unique. what a dude

Jay Evans · Dec 2007

I read his wikipedia entry a while ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel
he crammed more into his 69 years than most people do in 90

Daz · Dec 2007

Yeah I was bummed when I heard this today. Weirdly I thought he was older too. He was a total hero of mine as a small child, and most definitely the reason I got a motorbike at 15. Ditto Ruz! I used to drive my mum bonkers with this:

Ruz · Dec 2007

LOL, the doll was a bit different to the picture on the box:)

Joshua Stubbles · Dec 2007

A world icon and American hero. Sad to have lost him.

He certainly sparked my interest in motorcycles. I think everyone in the motorcycle world has imagined themselves as Evel once or twice. RIP

RIP Evel Knievel dead at 69

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