OT: Evel Knievel died
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:31 amGeez, have you ever heard so much bad stuff in one week?
NealIsGod wrote:Geez, have you ever heard so much bad stuff in one week?
Wow... this week sucks.
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:31 amRe: OT: Evel Knievel died
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:33 amWow... this week sucks.
Re: OT: Evel Knievel died
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:37 amNealIsGod wrote:Geez, have you ever heard so much bad stuff in one week?
Are you including HOTS being banned as part of the bad news for this week, NIG!?
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:40 am
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:41 am Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:45 am"WOW" that sucks!
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:47 amI know this sounds bad, but I thought he was already dead! 
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:50 amGreg wrote:I know this sounds bad, but I thought he was already dead!
Yeah, me too actually.
(The crying emoticons were sarcastic. 
) Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:32 amST. PETERSBURG (Bay News 9) -- Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel has died at the age 69, according to his website.
His granddaughter, Krysten Knievel, confirmed the death.
Knievel was transported to Northside Hospital around 1:20 p.m. Friday for breathing problems.
He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs.
He 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.
His death comes just two days after it was announced that he and rapper Kanye West had settled a federal lawsuit over the use of Knievel's trademarked image in a popular West music video.
His exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s.
He lived in the Feather Sound area of Pinellas County.
His granddaughter, Krysten Knievel, confirmed the death.
Knievel was transported to Northside Hospital around 1:20 p.m. Friday for breathing problems.
He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs.
He 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.
His death comes just two days after it was announced that he and rapper Kanye West had settled a federal lawsuit over the use of Knievel's trademarked image in a popular West music video.
His exploits made him an international icon in the 1970s.
He lived in the Feather Sound area of Pinellas County.
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:55 amDamn! I remember when his stunts were popular on tv. Shit, I just gave out my age!
RIP Evel.....
RIP Evel.....
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:23 amYikes! I'd just read a few days ago about his making peace w/Kanye West. Totally unexpected. You know they say celebs often die in threes... I know it's coincidence, but it does seem that way. First Kevin Dubrow, and now Evel Knievel. I hope it stops there for now.
When I was a kid, I had all the Evel Knievel toys, including the Snake River cycle. I remember reading a bit not terribly long ago about some kid that met him a few years back, who admirably described him as "the crustiest man I've ever met."
The dude said he had a cane with a screw off handle that he kept whiskey or something in... haha!
Really sad, and I'll miss him...
When I was a kid, I had all the Evel Knievel toys, including the Snake River cycle. I remember reading a bit not terribly long ago about some kid that met him a few years back, who admirably described him as "the crustiest man I've ever met."
The dude said he had a cane with a screw off handle that he kept whiskey or something in... haha!
Really sad, and I'll miss him...
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:53 amWow...sad.
p.s. sherrie that avatar cracked me up!
p.s. sherrie that avatar cracked me up!
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:20 pmThats sad, but there is a man that had about 9 lives
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:31 pmDude, that sucks. I loved watching him when I was a kid. He was the reason I started riding when I was a kid. He was cool as shit with red, white and blue. And the dude had balls. He got hosed in a business deal once and beat the shit out of the guy for it with a baseball bat. It cost him 6 months in jail but according to him, it was worth it. Rock on brother and my God rest your soul. RIP Evel Knievel ... 
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:34 pmGreg wrote:I know this sounds bad, but I thought he was already dead!
Not too bad... My sweetie said the same thing!!
RIP Evel...
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:37 pmMan this is sad...........another piece of my childhood laid to rest.
Thanks for the info Nig I had not a clue he passed.
Thanks for the info Nig I had not a clue he passed.
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 12:58 pm"His death comes just two days after it was announced that he and rapper Kanye West had settled a federal lawsuit over the use of Knievel's trademarked image in a popular West music video."
;^)
;^)
Re: OT: Evel Knievel died
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:24 pmNealIsGod wrote:Geez, have you ever heard so much bad stuff in one week?
Everyone dies....I've been told.
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:31 pmOne of my childhood idols. I had a red, white, and blue bike and I built a wooden ramp to jump the curb with to be like him. Only I wasn't.
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:34 pmtj wrote:One of my childhood idols. I had a red, white, and blue bike and I built a wooden ramp to jump the curb with to be like him. Only I wasn't.
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:49 pmRipRokken wrote:Yikes! I'd just read a few days ago about his making peace w/Kanye West. Totally unexpected. You know they say celebs often die in threes... I know it's coincidence, but it does seem that way. First Kevin Dubrow, and now Evel Knievel. I hope it stops there for now.
When I was a kid, I had all the Evel Knievel toys, including the Snake River cycle. I remember reading a bit not terribly long ago about some kid that met him a few years back, who admirably described him as "the crustiest man I've ever met."
Really sad, and I'll miss him...
Already had the third- Sean Taylor from the Redskins...it HAS been a bad week!