evel knievel

Evel Knievel died today. He was 69. He died from complications with his lungs along with having diabetes. Not only did he suffer with his lungs but he also suffered from pulmonary fibrosis. In 1999 he underwent a surgery to cure his hepetitis c that he got from a stunt that caused him to have a bone shattered spill. In the past 2 years he also had suffered 2 strokes. He began his daredevil career in 1965. He steadily increased the length of the jumps until, on New Year's Day 1968, he was nearly killed when he jumped 151 feet across the fountains in front of Caesar's Palace.Robbie Knievel followed in his father's footsteps as a daredevil, jumping a moving locomotive in a 200-foot. He also jumped a 200-foot-wide chasm of the Grand Canyon. He will be missed for his crazyy stunts and good humor!!