Evel Rockets into the Sunset

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.

Rest in Pieces Evil...

Truly an icon when I was growing up in the 70's.

StuK


"John Bradley" > wrote in message
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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.
>
>

Groan......

That was me ..not Evel....

Peter C.
"STUK" > wrote in message
.. .
> Rest in Pieces Evil...
>
> Truly an icon when I was growing up in the 70's.
>
> StuK
>
>
> "John Bradley" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>>
>>
>
>