evel knievel dies at 69

[BeaverEater]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_knievel

[edweird]

He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and 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.

Longtime friend and promoter Billy Rundel said Knievel had trouble breathing at his Clearwater condominium and died before an ambulance could get him to a hospital.

"It's been coming for years, but you just don't expect it. Superman just doesn't die, right?" Rundel said.

good grief... well at least I don't have to declare shens about good ole Evel dying from something sissy like heart disease or skin cancer.

RIP, he deserves it after a hell of an uphill fight like that.

[WingMan13]

This world has just lost a big amount of testosterone. May he RIP.

[gimp]

I'll light a candle for him. Then jump it with my motorcycle.

I think this would be the most appropriate coffin for him.


RIP dude. You rocked.

[Army]

So many great years of watching him jump just about anything, and not just on a whim. The man would study the math and weather involved in any jump before even attempting a trial run. He actually made the Ceasars Palace jump, but he didn't know about the winds above the top of the water, which blew him off course, landing badly. Robbie made it look so easy when he did it, but Robbie used a modern lightweight bike engineered for jumping, Evel always used the heavy metal beast of a stock Harley.

Kids my age, always compared any daring deed with; "That's was just like Evel Kneivel".

The man will always be an American icon.