An excerpt from his website:
Friday, November 30 marked the end of what will forever be remembered as the longest and most courageous battle between one man, a man we all know as the world’s greatest daredevil, and death. Robert Craig “Evel” Knievel died in Clearwater, Florida, finally succumbing after nearly a three-year bout with the terminal lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was 69.His death was preceded by more than 40 years of constant battle against the persistent pain of broken bones and severe trauma after jumping and crashing motorcycles like no man had ever done before. In addition, he fought to overcome the tremendous obstacles of diabetes, hepatitis C, a liver transplant, numerous surgeries and two strokes.
Knievel’s legacy as America’s Legendary Daredevil, Last of the Gladiators, and King of the Stuntmen will undeniably live on among millions of fans, past, present and future.
As a kid I was a huge fan. I had Evel bed sheets and curtains, dragsters (with parachute) and motorcycles. He will be remembered… before fancy computers and high tech composites were developed to take all the uncertainty out of a stunt, Evel Knievel was making jumps like this:
3. December 2007 at 11:49 pm
When I was a kid I had an Evel Knievel bicycle and he made such an impression on me I was jumping stuff like I was starring on the Dukes of Hazzard. Evel was a one of a kind and will be missed.