11-30-2007, 15:44
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Area Commander
Join Date: Jan 2004
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RIP- Evel Knievel
Hard living finally caught up to one of my childhood hero's. He wasn't the best of men and did a lot wrong in his life, but his exploits thrilled me as a child and I will always remember him for that.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1
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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.
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11-30-2007, 16:53
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Quiet Professional
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He just settled arbitration with Kanye West earlier this week over unauthorized use of his image.
I agree about his personality, but he had some pretty big stones, especially to ride again after some of his crashes. Caesar's Palace was terrible, but he kept trying till he made it.
Adios, Evel. Ride on, Robbie.
TR
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11-30-2007, 22:10
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: North of the Kingdom of Brunei, South of Mindanao
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RIP Big Daddy...you're one of a kind
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11-30-2007, 22:27
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Oct 2007
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The man was definitely an American original. As a kid in the 70's, I loved watching his jumps on ABC's Wide World of Sports. He was one of the reasons I got into motorcycles. I regret that I never got the chance to meet him.
RIP, Evel.
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11-30-2007, 22:35
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Area Commander
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I met him a few times back in the early ‘70s when I was a television director in Tucson. He’d show up at the studio alone. He walked with the help of two canes. The first time I met him he tossed us the keys to his new Cadillac…not to drive, but to check out his new down stuffed leather seats. He said that they weren’t a luxury they were a necessity.
Rest in painless peace, RCK.
Pat
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11-30-2007, 22:53
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I was young boy with my father at his Kings Island jump. I lived to watch EK jump every time he was on World Wide of Sports. I remember Jim Mcay alway's being the announcer for his jumps.
No doubt, he was an outlaw of his own kind. I liked that about him. This would later lead to my love of motorcycles. My father bought me my first mini bike, then my first Suzuki 150 motorcross bike. EK's influence would take me all the way to the latest Harley Davidson that I own, a 97 Bad Boy. I'm missing warm weather already.
RIP EK.
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