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Evel Knieval, Dead at 69
by Steve
Friday, November 30, 2007
America lost one of the toughest motorcycle riders there ever lived.
From the Associated Press...
Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon 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 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.
Longtime friend and promoter Billy Rundel said Knievel had trouble breathing at his Clearwater condominium and died before an ambulance could get him to a hospital.
Read the rest...
Labels: Evel Knieval, Obituaries
3 Comments:
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I'm sorry to hear about his death. I'm also sorry that none of the media thought it was important to mention that Evil Knieval recently became a born-again Christian. I pray that God will provide comfort and peace for his family and friends.
By
, at 12/03/2007 12:38:00 PM
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To bfjsonny...
I actually did report that Evel became a born again Christian here...
http://www.bikernewsonline.com/2007/04/evel-knieval-becomes-born-again.htmBy
Steve, at 12/03/2007 12:50:00 PM
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Thanks Steve,
Your site is actually where I first heard the news about Evil and his new Christianity. None of the network news media (ABC, CBS, FOX, etc.) thought it was worth mentioning in his obituary.By
, at 12/04/2007 06:18:00 AM
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