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Posted: Nov. 30 2007,1:54 pm

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Granddaughter says motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel dead at 69

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CLEARWATER, Fla. - 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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Posted: Nov. 30 2007,2:03 pm

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That sucks. :cry

He was my hereo growing up. :good

I always remember all of us kids pretending to be him and trying his stunts on our bikes.

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Posted: Nov. 30 2007,4:35 pm

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The wife and I shared a table with him in Vegas at a Johnny Cash show, he kept us laffing all night, he was a great show man. Will miss him.

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Posted: Nov. 30 2007,4:45 pm

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He had quite a life. Cheated death many times. Sad news.

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Posted: Nov. 30 2007,6:14 pm

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sad to hear this....I watched his stunts while I was growing up...RIP.................................

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Posted: Nov. 30 2007,6:35 pm

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Man this sucks, He will always be rememberd.

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Posted: Nov. 30 2007,6:54 pm

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A great american icon, gone.

Wasn't he also a raging alcoholic?

And smoked like two packs a day?

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Posted: Nov. 30 2007,7:12 pm

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Can anyone tell me who the camera operator was that shot the view that we all see in slow motion of his spectacular Caesars Palace crash? :stupid

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Posted: Nov. 30 2007,7:40 pm

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Quote (Havasu Doug @ Nov. 30 2007,8:12 pm)

Can anyone tell me who the camera operator was that shot the view that we all see in slow motion of his spectacular Caesars Palace crash? :stupid

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Posted: Nov. 30 2007,8:05 pm

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Nov. 30 2007,7:40 pm)

Quote (Havasu Doug @ Nov. 30 2007,8:12 pm)

Can anyone tell me who the camera operator was that shot the view that we all see in slow motion of his spectacular Caesars Palace crash? :stupid

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Posted: Nov. 30 2007,8:14 pm

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Very sad to hear, RIP Evel!..

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Posted: Nov. 30 2007,8:55 pm

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Another great American icon gone. God Speed Evel!!!

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,8:06 am

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Quote (Havasu Doug @ Nov. 30 2007,8:05 pm)

Quote (Carrera Elite @ Nov. 30 2007,7:40 pm)

Quote (Havasu Doug @ Nov. 30 2007,8:12 pm)

Can anyone tell me who the camera operator was that shot the view that we all see in slow motion of his spectacular Caesars Palace crash? :stupid

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You're right, but I never knew that until today.

Linda Evans the actress? Somebody's pulling my leg. I was there for that jump. of course I was so short I didn't see a thing.

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,8:09 am

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Quote (WATERDOG @ Dec. 01 2007,8:06 am)

Quote (Havasu Doug @ Nov. 30 2007,8:05 pm)

Quote (Carrera Elite @ Nov. 30 2007,7:40 pm)

Quote (Havasu Doug @ Nov. 30 2007,8:12 pm)

Can anyone tell me who the camera operator was that shot the view that we all see in slow motion of his spectacular Caesars Palace crash? :stupid

Linda Evans Â

You're right, but I never knew that until today.

Linda Evans the actress? Somebody's pulling my leg. I was there for that jump. of course I was so short I didn't see a thing.

That is TRUE.

While in Las Vegas, Nevada, to watch Dick Tiger fight a middleweight title fight, Knievel first saw the fountains at Caesars Palace and decided to jump them. To get an audience with the casino's CEO Jay Sarno, Knievel created a fictitious corporation called Evel Knievel Enterprises and three fictitious lawyers to make phone calls to Sarno. Knievel also placed phone calls to Sarno claiming to be from ABC-TV and Sports Illustrated inquiring about the jump. Sarno finally agreed to meet Knievel and the deal was set for Knievel to jump the fountains on December 31, 1967. After the deal was set, Knievel tried to get ABC to air the event live on Wide World of Sports. ABC declined, but said that if Knievel had the jump filmed and it was as spectacular as he said it would be, they would consider using it later.

Knievel used his own money to have actor/director John Derek produce a film of the Caesars' jump. To keep costs low, Derek used his then-wife, Linda Evans, as one of the camera operators. It was Evans who filmed Knievel's famous landing.

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,8:11 am

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Also, on the Evel Knievel web site, there is a pic of Linda Evans with John Derek taken in Vegas the night before the jump.

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,8:53 am

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Quote (Havasu Doug @ Dec. 01 2007,9:11 am)

Also, on the Evel Knievel web site, there is a pic of Linda Evans with John Derek taken in Vegas the night before the jump.

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Posted: Dec. 01 2007,9:01 am

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I wonder how his life would have gone if he didn't crash.

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Posted: Dec. 02 2007,1:33 pm

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Quote (WATERDOG @ Dec. 01 2007,9:01 am)

I wonder how his life would have gone if he didn't crash.

Longer??

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