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Evel Knievel

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eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 30 Nov 2007 22:06

Apparently Evel Knievel has died.

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 30 Nov 2007 22:07

Just read that, apparently he was 69 but in poor health for some time

Carole

Carole Report 30 Nov 2007 22:10

was he 69? I wouldn't have guessed that
Carole

PUMPKIN HEAD

PUMPKIN HEAD Report 30 Nov 2007 22:13

a legend

ButtercupFields

ButtercupFields Report 30 Nov 2007 22:28

awwww somewhere in a garden in West London is an Evil Knieval toy with a leg missing...my son buried him, a long long time ago, in the same spot as he buried a hedgehog and a pigeon, all dead of course:-)

NOG

NOG Report 30 Nov 2007 22:29

bc what u like xx

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 30 Nov 2007 22:30

Fell off his perch????

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 30 Nov 2007 22:37

Astounding man.. got away with it all those years, and now nature has got the best of him........RIP.
Bob

Helen1959

Helen1959 Report 30 Nov 2007 22:41

US daredevil Evel Knievel dies

Knievel famously attempted to jump Snake River Canyon
Legendary US daredevil Evel Knievel has died at the age of 69, his granddaughter has said.
Knievel had suffered ill-health, including diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis - an incurable lung condition - for several years.

He underwent a liver transplant, after nearly dying of hepatitis C, in 1999.

Knievel gained cult status performing death-defying stunts in the 1960s and 70s, including an attempted motorcycle jump over Snake River Canyon in Idaho.


eRRolSheep

eRRolSheep Report 30 Nov 2007 22:58

Is that what it says on BBC News? He must have been as mad as a wheelbarrow full of jellied eels.

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 1 Dec 2007 04:18

He was amazing, my ex saw him perform when he went out to Texas to work in the 1970's.
RIP EK, you entertained a lot of people and did what you wanted to do with panache!
Lizx

Staffs Col

Staffs Col Report 1 Dec 2007 05:39

Evil Knievel (not mad,Errol) just a pure showman and performer sadly missed

Little Lost

Little Lost Report 1 Dec 2007 06:52

He is one of those that lived life to the full as the saying goes.

RIP Evel